Winter — INDEPENDENCE CHRONICLES

This is our first full ‘winter’ at home (The Bay Area/Marin County) in over four years and as nice as it was to be home for the holidays, much of my soul is now longing for the sunshine and warm blue waters of our past few winter locations in Baja, the Bahamas and Florida. We are soggy here in Northern California and experiencing that ‘damp’ cold that seeps into your bones. But, we will not complain and we feel very fortunate that our family, friends, home and boat all came through the recent deluge in good shape. Currently, we have a little break from the nozzle of precipitation that has been pointed in our direction and jump at the opportunity for some outdoor exercise and to clean up the debris in the yard. The boat came through the recent high winds and rain just fine. Larry has 15 lines on her and has been checking diligently during the biggest action of the storms. He bundles up in his ‘foulies’, drives to the San Francisco Yacht Club, tromps down the dock to check the lines and fenders and alters anything that might it even remotely lead to an issue. We are so fortunate to be in a protected slip in a location only a five minute drive from our home. So when the wind gusts were 40 to 80 MPH we had confidence that the boat would be protected. Fingers crossed that we continue with these good outcomes and wish you and yours a happy, safe and healthy new years.