![]() We even dragged out and inflated the big boys that we use on locks. Not much to do other than deploy extra lines and every fender possible. Well that’s great, because a huge storm from the north with 40-knot winds was predicted to hit a day or two after our arrival and last for several days. ![]() We fired up a Google search in case the locals were funnin’ us. This seemed like a good idea, until we heard that just last year a big storm from the north brought 40-knot winds that swept Dock A out into the canal, dragging boats with it. When last we posted, we were heading that way.īecause the wind was up when we arrived, Taylor the Dockmaster put us down at the end of Dock A. When they make a romantic docuseries out of our blog, we’re going to insist that the late John Facenda be resurrected to narrate this portion of the post.īut let’s not skip over Sturgeon Bay. So we apologize in advance.įriday we finally arrived at Tumbleweed’s final seasonal resting place. Our excuse, however, is that the blog also is our personal diary, and most anything we skip, we’ll forget. We try to be light and sometimes swerve into the silly lane, so people who are suffering greatly might find our sniveling about Sturgeon Bay weather, for example, to be in poor taste. The point is, there’s a good argument that it’s bad form for us to post about our recent experiences at all. Much of Fort Myers, of course, wasn’t as lucky. We don’t have final information on Exhale-and know they had her hauled-but based on the early reports they received from their marina, she amazingly may have survived mostly intact. We’re so thankful that Rick and Mary and Buttercup decided to evacuate before Hurricane Ian hit, because their neighborhood took a hit, although maybe not as bad as other areas. ![]() We later documented our rendezvous with them and Exhale in Port Jefferson. ![]() In May of 2021, we moved aboard Tumbleweed when she was docked behind Rick and Mary’s beautiful home in Fort Myers.Īs we posted way back then, they recently had taken off on their new North Pacific 49. ![]()
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