A wild weather week....

Well it's been a wild week along the east coast of the US. Between a very slow moving ...Nor'easter of sorts that dumped inches and inches of rain and heavy NE winds along the entire east coast as well as Hurricane Joaquin giving everyone a scare.....we sat here in VT getting ready to head back to SC where Iemanja has weathered it out.

One thing is for certain.....a fresh water shower was had which is always appreciated...maybe not in such excess however.

I've checked in with James at Lightkeepers a couple of times and he has been aboard the boat to be sure the bilge pump was running......which it was. I'm sure we'll find a few leaks here and there but nothing too serious.

I just checked in with a website that talks about up to date road closures in SC and found that most of the serious stuff was centrally located around the Columbia area as well as around Charleston.

We are over on the right hand eastern border of the state around the Myrtle Beach area which appears to only have only minimal closures. 

Currently we are loading up the little blue Cheve Cavalier with gear, frozen food, some but not too many cloths and of course....Minnie and all her stuff.

Wednesday we'll head out early, making a stop at the Annapolis Sailboat show and then on to Little River to reunite with our girl.

The rest of October and early November will have us recommissioning the boat, bottom paint, install a new wind generator on the transom and a couple of other minor projects....then off to the Bahamas once again. 

That's another story for the next post.......Joaquin reeked havoc on the SE lower Bahamas chain. Long Island, Rhum Cay and a few other spots have been hit pretty hard with wind and rain. The central and northern islands seemed to have been spared the worst but we will see. Not to mention the ongoing search for the the missing crew of the El Faro.....a loaded up freighter that went down during the storm. This may also throw a few challenges our way in the weeks to come. So the next leg will be interesting to say the least......