Alright I’ve tried not to complain, in fact I’ve tried not to even mention this but ENOUGH IS ENOUGH! It’s frigging cold. Yes perhaps you have noticed on the front page of CNN’s web page this morning that there is an abnormally low temperature system that is pervasive in the Southeast.
It’s all true, that and more! It was just 29 last night and in spite of being tied up to the dock and having all of the shore cables hooked into dock power and leaving the space heater on all night we could all see our breath this morning in the cabin. That’s down below, where we live, for any of you landlubbers who were wondering.

That’s too cold. I consider myself a reasonably positive person, glass half full rather than half empty and all that but #@+* it’s cold and I’m getting tired of it. We had planned to take our sleeping bags off the boat when we went back to Maine (from Beaufort NC) and get rid of at least that much bulk but nooooo! It was too cold. Now we are nearly to Florida and it’s still to frigging cold.
I know, I know, all of our friends and family in Maine are going… “Faith, you have forgotten what it’s like to be really cold like it is here in Maine”. Well let me reiterate, it was 29 last night, here, I checked Portland’s weather it was 32 in Portland. Also just to make sure everyone understands that 29 itself may not be that cold. It’s not if you are in the house and it’s 29 outside and you run to the car in the garage and start it and then dash out again when it’s warmed up. It’s not when you are at work or coming home from work in the car with the heater on full blast. It is however quite cold when you are camping! Oh didn’t I mention being on a boat in the water is a lot like camping, in the middle of a really big lake. Then… 29 is darn cold.

Not that I’m complaining mind you, just making the point. Enough is enough. I’m ready for warmer weather. We have traveled over 1200 nautical miles and we are definitely south of the Mason Dixon line. I want the warm weather we were promised and I want it now.

No luck. I just checked the weather report and it’s looking like another week of 21 at night and 48 to 51 during the day. Oh well, maybe this just proves it doesn’t get you anywhere complaining!! But for just a moment, it sure felt good.