Day 338, Year 8: Warm and Breezy
Date: Monday, October 7, 2013
Weather: Rain Early, Then Partly Sunny with Intermittent Sprinkles
Location: Eel Pond, Woods Hole, Massachusetts

What a beautiful, warm fall day we had today. It started out with rain and is supposed to end with heavy rain, but in-between, we had some sunny times and a very warm south wind. The temp got up to the mid-70’s and it felt great. We drove into Falmouth to do a few things early on, went to storage to deliver a few things, and then stopped by Heather and Jed’s on our way Hyannis. Monday is Jed’s day at home with Ollie and Jonah. He was busy making more marinara sauce to can for the winter, so Mark and I spent a little time in the backyard playing with Ollie and Jonah. But couldn’t stay long because our goal was to get back to Woods Hole by early afternoon so Heather would have a car to drive home from work. There were 40 knot gusts predicted for this afternoon, so we also wanted to be on the boat just to watch things. Since we are tied to the dock now, and we’re just not sure how heavy winds will affect the boat. But we didn’t get any gusts over 25 and things were just fine. The main reason for the trip to Hyannis was to buy polar fleece for making new fender covers. We went last week for the same reason, but ended up not buying anything because color choice and quality were not just quite what we were looking for. But when we got home, we realized that we really don’t have a choice, thus the return trip to purchase. We also did some provisioning for the trip south. It was a productive day, but now we (Mark) need to sew the fender covers and cook and freeze some of the food that we bought for the trip south. This is my job.