Dolly

After a wonderful weekend of enjoying Wendy and her family and celebrating Kenny’s 2nd birthday we sat back and anxiously watched the weather.

Personally, first hand knowledge of a hurricane is something I never want to experience. Thank you Mother Nature and Neptune,I didn’t have to. Not knowing which way this storm was going to turn, we secured Refugio with more lines and installed the back wall of the pilot house. WOW It’s great to see what the pilot house will look like once it’s painted and windows (albeit plastic) in place.

The gulf appeared to empty out of boats yesterday as we watched a constant stream of shrimpers come in. So many that they had to raft them together in the basin (rafting means tied together side-by-side). Torrential rains began in the wee hours of the morning; fortunately we did not get the wind speed we thought we might. I doubt we'll see the sun all day and the bands of rains are less frequent than expected. This is the closest I'd ever like to get to another hurricane.

We are doing fine, Tom is enjoying his last day of work at Serendipity and I'm hankered down in the motor home needle pointing a christmas stocking for grand-daugther #2 (Alice) expected late in September. We hope to finish up the pilot house windows, some engine work and securing Refugio this weekend then leave for Kentucky monday.