Here's Gus's version:
This is a La Niña year, and we have lots of snow, and colder than normal temperatures. YAY, not.
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| The view out of the pilothouse window |
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| Opening the back cockpit curtain, the snow greeted me. |
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| Looking forward through the forward dodger window in the cockpit. |
Whoever is singing, "I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas", needs to knock it off.
If you are a friend of ours, with a boat that is over-wintering in Wrangell, here is your boat. 😀
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| Quiet Chaos |
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| Mucho Gusto |
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| Orca's Mist |
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| Raven's Dance |
It seems this year has been all about weather, prior to all of this snow, we had a huge windstorm, that snapped trees, and power poles. We were without power in the marina for about 8 hours, but some folks on the island didn't get theirs back for two days. The city found out that they didn't have back up generators for the water supply filters, and the airport went dark.
Here's a photo of one of the snapped power poles.
The internet, and cell service went out as well, and you could only use cash/check at the stores. 1960s anyone?
Denali Rose was fine, of course, our heat is diesel, and we could always use our generator to recharge the battery bank, we're used to living off of the grid.
As the holidays approach, Bill, Gus, and I would like to wish you a Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year!
PS, please don't sing any song with the words, white Christmas, and please don't ask Mother Nature, "what's next?"
As always, we enjoy hearing from you, either here in comments or on our Facebook Denali Rose Sailboat page.
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