It was 48 down below when we jumped into bed last night at 8pm with PJs on under 2 blankets and a comforter. The bed quickly warms up and I was shedding PJs and 1 blanket during the night. But, with the inside temp at 39 in the morning, it was great to stay under the covers until time to depart at 9am.
We do have a Honda generator that we can set up and it will run our electric blanket to heat the bed before we jump in but, it's a cold job getting the generator out and setup on the bow and not that bad biting the bullet for just a few minutes getting into the cold bed and warming it up with body heat. Not a problem for one night. Although Sue reminds me each time we do this, she doesn't know anyone else that would agree to this without complaining.
This trip through the canal we saw 5 bald eagles. We normally see 1 or 2 but this was a new high. They always look majestic.
Also, this trip we saw a flock of 7 all-white snow geese for the first time. At first we thought they were swans but, as we got closer we could see they are not as big as swans and have a thicker and shorter neck.
With the sun out it warmed up quite toasty in the cockpit. The thermometer in the direct sunlight said 82degrees but I think it was closer to about 70 actually. By this time we had taken off 3 layers of clothes from our departure from the anchorage at 32 degrees.
Its a 5hr trip to Belhaven and Rivah spends most of the time laying in the sun.
Yes, it is a fact that ocean levels are rising around the planet and not some fake news from leftist environmentalists. Today the trees are dying from the rising salt water levels. In the future, we humans need to start getting more serious about what we are going to do about global warming. We have been warned but like typical humans we tend to just ignore inconvenient facts.
Soon we are approaching our next stop at Dowry Creek Marina. Easy entrance to our slip with no wind or current. We were soon tied up and plugged in with heat on.
We are planning to stay here for 2 nights as the weather is going to be bad tomorrow. There restaurant is now open so we will have to check it out. Hopefully it's good as this is a nice place to stop along the ICW trek through North Carolina.
