Choices

We made a choice, it was our decision to leave Ocracoke when we did. Could we have waited one more day or even waited even part of the day till the wind and waves settled before leaving? Well, yes. We could have looked for a closer anchorage than Cedar Creek and started out the day's travel later. 

Could we have turned around when we saw how rough out it was in Pamlico Sound? Saved the boat, the cat, and ourselves from the battle? Well, yes, we could have.

Could we have said that getting to our planned destination was not important in the big picture, found a closer anchorage and just sailed when the day turned sunny and breezy instead of cold, gray, and way too windy? Well, yes.

But we get things in our heads that are tough to let go of, we'll learn to do that eventually, and until that time, we make our choices and go with them.