Day 272 Another windy cold day

Yesterday was another cold windy day.  The first wind since we got here last Tuesday.  We did some rocking but not much rolling.  We are well protected behind a great breakwater.  Some of the boats farther over in the marina are more expose than we are.  With the wind coming in from the Northeast, it worked its way around the marinas nice concrete breakwater and slammed into a few of the boats tied up.  As I was walking toward the showers, I could see them bobbing more than I would have liked if I was on them.

I spent most of the morning and into the early afternoon working on IRS forms that will be mailed out today.  W-2, W-3, 1099s and 1096s.  Boy what fun?  While we only owned the company for January, we still have forms to file.  Once I got that done,  off to the showers and then into town on errands.

Tracy stayed pretty well buttoned up inside Zephyr.  She even took her shower on board rather than leave the boat.  You see, it's not only windy, but cold.  The wind chill factor plus the humidity make it cut to the bone.

It's 24 degrees outside right now.  Just think, we could have been in Mexico complaining about the heat.  Yeah, right.   I took this picture this morning.  Click on it.  It's a picture of the marina.  The surface is frozen.  Now we're floating on seawater which freezes at 0 degrees.  There must be enough fresh water mixed in to allow it to put just a top coat of ice on the water.  It's really strange to see it undulating as the water under it shifts.  The Sun is out but the temperature is supposed to only be in the low 30s for today.  I'll take the Sun anytime.

I ran some errands yesterday afternoon after my shower.  Off to Costco for a few things.  Office Depot for envelopes to mail out the IRS forms.  Over to West Marine--just for fun and finally Safeway for provisions.

Back to the boat to finish the forms and then a nice quiet night tucked in safe and sound--oh and chilly.