Day 145 Still raining

It has started raining again as I sit here behind the ice cream parlor.  The cold and damp have taken hold and will be here for a few days so the weather people say.  It's quite a change from what we have experienced while being here over the past weeks.  We had gotten used to the nice sunny days and pleasant temperatures that we got spoiled.  It has been the coolest Summer I have ever experienced.  The daily temperature rarely got higher than the mid 70s.  Having lived in Colorado for  the past 15+ years, the high 90's was far more the normal with the humidity in the low teens.  Here, the temperature has been in the 70's and the humidity about the same yet with the gentle breezes that flow through Port Townsend, it is remarkably  pleasant.  Now suddenly a "low" has swept in and the weather has changed.  

Yesterday was one of the first days I felt sort of "trapped" on Zephyr.  With all the rain and overcast, it was a really boring day.  I read--dozed, watched TV--dozed and basically did nothing.  An unusual experience for me to say the least.  I'm just not used to it.  Once we leave here and really start cruising full time, I'm not sure how I will handle the days where we will be plodding along at 5-6 knots(if lucky) traveling to a new destination.  I guess, looking forward to the destination is what keeps people that cruise going.  Reading books about what is ahead so that you are prepared for arrival and the fun that that destination will provide.  Time will tell.

At least Jack--the electrician will be back next week and the riggers class will be over so we can get all of our standing rigging set in place.  It has been nice to see Zephyr with a mast again.  She looked a bit naked with out it.  Now all we need is a boom to make her look like a real sailboat.

Have a great weekend.