October 26, 2017

Thursday, October 26, 2017
St. George's Bay, Bermuda

We have had a lot of wind, which started the day before we arrived. They continued to build, I think predicted as high As 28 mph yesterday. That has made sleep a little difficult and dinghy rides more than a little wet! It seems we had a slow learning curve, but we evolved our own personal solutions. I put on my rain pants, coat, and tuck my shoes under my coat. I put my phone and wallet in a Ziploc bag and put that in my shorts pocket. Don and Jake wear only their shorts and put everything else in dry bags. The dinghy ride to the dock on shore is usually only a wet butt ride. The return trip to the boat, against the wind and waves is usually a saltwater shower.

Today things were calmer and the ride in was almost dry. Jake went exploring, made a friend and took a trip with him to Hamilton. Don and I went on a grocery shopping trip to get the boat re-provisioned for the next leg of the trip.

After a good lunch at a gas station, (I had a  $12.00 BQ grilled beef sandwich, but it was grilled in front of you while you wait and it was large and delicious). Almost as soon as we left the gas station, the rain started. By the time we were half drenched, I remembered that I had my rain gear from the dinghy ride, so stopped to put it on and put garbage bag over the two bags of groceries behind me. Don just had to keep going. I was a little leery of the scooters traction on the wet roads and at times it was blowing and raining so hard you could hardly see. Apparently, Bermuda wanted to make up for the dry dinghy ride we had earlier.

After a couple of games of Hearts, (it should be noted that Jake won the last one), we went to bed. Jake has an afternoon flight back to Petoskey tomorrow and our scooters are due back before lunch. The winds have shifted and calmed a bit, so hopefully it will be a dry trip to shore.

Rod

 Videos by Rod

This is an area about 100 yards behind the bar area at Tobacco Bay beach in Bermuda.



This is a small little cove just out of site, but right in front of the beach area at Tobacco Bay.


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