A Day in the Forest at Eucott Bay
October 8th (Tuesday) In the morning, around 04:30, we once again started getting gusts of wind. Since the weather has gotten cooler we have been keeping one of our kayaks upside down over our forward v-berth hatch at night. Having it on top provides a protected air space, which prevents our hatch from condensing on the inside, and dripping on our bed. One of the bigger gusts in the night picked the kayak up, and threw it over the side of the boat. Luckily we always keep the kayaks tied off, but we still had to go out and pull it back up, and retie it in a different area so that the wind would not catch it. Our kayaks are inflatable, and do have a lot of windage, but they are also not light. It is amazing the power of the wind. When we got up in the morning it was a beautiful, windy day. The sky was blue, the air was crisp, the cresting little white caps blowing past us were glistening in the sun, and all of the mountain peaks around us had a beautiful dusting of fresh snow. ...