Verse of the day from my study time: "What is mankind that you are mindful of them, human beings that you care for them?" (Psalms 8:4)
0930-Finished my morning routine with a large breakfast. Veggie omelet with cheese, bacon on the side, with toast, raspberry jam and a glass of OJ. Preparing to leave. Mosquitoes are bad!
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| Veggie/Cheese Omelet, w/ Bacon, Toast & Jam, and OJ - Fantastic! |
1020-Underway in flat seas. Getting hot in the intense sun. 68F/66F. Solar 70%. Got an ice water out. It will get warm today forecast to reach 77F.
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| Underway |
1130-Arrived at Henry's harbor and it was low terrain with marshy surroundings so I punted and decided to check out a campsite on the NW side of the Peninsula which turned out well, though I observed no campsite. The anchorage was much better. Heavily wooded, less marsh. A breeze came up to help keep the bugs at bay, though very light.
Leg 6 was 8.4 miles. Another beautiful pleasant day in the woods and on the water. Dishes are next on the agenda.
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| Leg 6, Day 6 - 8.4 Miles Note Mount Royal Location - In Distance In Pic Below |
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| GE Destination Detail - Henry's Harbor Rejected |
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| The Anchorage - Looking NW |
1300-Finished dishes and conducted a general clean up. Boat is staying pretty clean with all the anchoring, almost no dirt tracked aboard, despite sandy beach last night.
1345-Planning my next move. The timing of the winds is important. Today the strength is about right but direction is way off, S to SW vs forecast NW! Perhaps the systems are moving faster than forecast? That would explain the direction I'm seeing and the wind build up later tonight and tomorrow. I anticipate being here two days.
1600-Preparing dinner.
1630-Had grilled burger, chips, and a cold beer for dinner. Afterward I went out on the aft deck and drank a glass of wine.
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| Grilled Burger, Chips, & Cold Beer |
Flew the drone off the bow for two flights. Checked out the second anchorage option and looked for the campsite from the air. No luck!
1850-Charging drone and controller batteries. Took out some strawberries to thaw and will have ice cream and strawberries for dessert. 83F/84F. Air temp is too hot and water temp too cold, 60F! Solar 98%. Waiting for the sun to duck behind the trees to help cool things off.
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| Quiet Evening In Secure Anchorage |
Knocked the solar generator off line which shut down the fridge/freezer. The fault states there was a short in the adapter. I was using an adapter to charge batteries. I could not get the gen fault to reset. I finally disconnected the solar cables which allowed me to shut down the gen completely which did clear the fault. I started all over again with a second adapter and it faulted again. I finally punted that plan and removed the adapter and went back to just powering the fridge.
I put the charge adapter on my backup solar generator and charged the batteries that way instead.
Did some more video on the aft deck then took out my rod and casted several times. I put on a new lure and casted some more. Nothing!
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| Loon Patrolling Inlet - Outer Barn Island In Background |
2200-I finally put everything away and then two moose walked out on the shore about 100 yards away.. I videoed them for about 10 minutes. Temp is now down to 70F inside, 65F outside. Solar 99%. I will listen to my audio book "Dragon Fire" by Ted Bell and hit the sack.
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