Good Morning Fernandina

Both of us woke early on Monday morning.  We are back on boating time–midnight is 9:00p.m.  It is easy to go to bed early when at anchor–it is quiet and dark and there is a gentle rocking motion to the boat which lulls one to sleep.  We were happy that the “Noreaster” didn’t come in as the fisherman we met yesterday had warned.  While we are trying to set the anchor he came up in his fishing boat and warned us of the shallow water and that we had better anchor further up the channel to be safer because the Noreaster was coming and we didn’t want our anchor to break and we would need more protection from the heavy winds.  He circled the boat several times while looking at what we can only assume was a fishfinder.  Apparently we were anchored atop a prime fishing spot.  

The machines are already cranked up and running over on Fernandina this morning.  Smoke and steam are pluming out into the clouds. 

Joy