Well it finally happened. Actually, it happened yesterday, at around 5 pm to be more precise. Wade finally could not take it any more, his threshold had been determined and realized. That being a temperature of 53 degrees Fahrenheit, a temperature at which he finally had to put on shoes to warm his cold feet, and Sara added a third layer of clothes. The temperature remains cool, but brief glimpses of a strange yellow orb sometimes appears in the sky, a very infrequent sighting, and something that we believe might be called the sun. These surprising few times when the fog lift and the sun partially shines are more warming than we would think.
The winds went light again and we started the engine at about 9 am today and also started fishing again. However, we had no luck with fishing today. For breakfast Sara made a ham, cheese and mushroom omelet. Mid-day potatoes started sounding good and we made an entire dinner of fried potatoes with bacon. One of cans of tuna fish didn’t seal so Sara made that into tuna salad for us to have as snacks.
It is amazing how many ships are on the ocean, how close they come to us and that we sometimes have to communicate with them on the radio of how we are going to avoid each other. For the last few days it seems like there are always about 3 or 4 AIS ship targets appearing on the chartplotter, and many ships show up on the screen as far away as 125 miles. Speaking of miles, we are 121 miles closer to our destination since last noon and we have 360 nautical miles to go(as the bird flies).
Cheers,
Wade and Sara
**Due to possibly weak SSB transmission, game details are limited to vessel position. Math Be Hard For Sailors – Alaska
Ves. Pos. 48°51.438N, 171°44.354’W
