Just in case...
Even as we prepare Sound View for the winter months, we always consider the “just in case”. Just in case our amazing but unpredictable weather yields a calm day on the Sound - even in the dead of winter - we want to be prepared.
It was a brisk commute from Anderson Island today. Frost on the dock and in the dinghy greeted me but the trusty outboard started on the second pull. I putted my way out of Amsterdam Bay into the fog. Even though Sound View is only a mile and a half away, fog - even for that short distance - can prove to be a challenge. I pulled out my compass and steered Northwest and was rewarded about halfway across with clear visibility and the camp pier dead ahead. I tied up the boat, shouldered my backpack, and walked to the length of the pier - skirting the upside-down canoes secured to the edge.
Looking eastward was pretty so I took a picture.
Even as we prepare Sound View for the winter months, we always consider the “just in case”. Just in case our amazing but unpredictable weather yields a calm day on the Sound - even in the dead of winter - we want to be prepared. Eight canoes are ready to be carried down the gangway and launched for school groups, retreats, and our own winter camp. Personally, I love canoeing. What other activity requires two people to work together in such a way as to move a vessel forward? The more folks able to explore the wonders of Sound View - even from a canoe - the happier I am.
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It's a good feeling
As I write this, I am on the way to the mainland from Anderson Island … off to church. The wind is blowing and the rain is falling.
It is a really good feeling when Sound View's waterfront is buttoned up for the off-season. We experience relative calm in the summer weeks but really, Drayton Passage can be very rough especially when the wind is coming from the south. Wind waves and high tides move beach pebbles further ashore and even into the paddle shed.
It is good to know that the big floating pier is safely moored in the lagoon, the volleyball court is taken down, boats are stored upside down, and float lines are ashore hanging up.
Nancyrose and James moving the dock into the lagoon
I am not asking for big storms but at least we can weather them better.