Visitors :) and Hurricane Joaquin :(

My parents flew in from Portland for their first visit to see Virginia Dare.  Unfortunately, Hurricane Joaquin messed with our plans for the week, but we still had a nice visit.  Remember, flexibility is the name of the game when you live on a boat!

Super Moon rising.....too cloudy to see eclipse later in the evening.

Mom and Dad :) Herrington Harbour South has a convenient inn on the property

Meghan and Jason also visited for the first time since we moved aboard :)

Very fun catching up with our North Road neighbors, Cindy and Bob!

Happy hour fun aboard Acadia with the Sandy and Bud

Moving Virginia Dare north to a hurricane hole on Wednesday, September 30th

Approaching the South River

Red marker indicates our location on Harness Creek where we will stay anchored until the storm passes

View forward in Harness Creek

View to port (yes, it's really this dark and gloomy)

Astern (leads back to South River)

To starboard

The furnace is on and David made his famous cookies (in batches of four!) to keep things toasty warm.

Our first Virginia Dare photo album arrived

Lots of one-pot meals (breakfast frittata or open-faced omelet)

Dinner one evening at The Boatyard. The lady in the background didn't want to have her photo taken, so I blurred her out.

Lots of seafood at The Boatyard 

On Friday morning, David and I woke up at 6:15, drank a pot of coffee, pulled on our foul-weather gear, dinghied to shore, bicycled two miles in the rain to the car, and drove across the Chesapeake Bay Bridge to attend a forecasting seminar by weather guru, Chris Parker, only to find out it had been cancelled :(  Big bummer!  We made the best of it.......had breakfast with a great friend, moved the car down to Herrington Harbour North (THANK YOU, Bob!), and hunkered down back on Virginia Dare.

Crossing the Bay Bridge

It was a dark and stormy day, but Mom and Dad's plane took off and transported them safely back to Portland.

Furnace is on, foul-weather gear is drying

We are streaming the MSU football game -- GO GREEN!  This is pretty much the only time I miss having a television, football season.  Pot of chili is on tap for this evening.

We hope all of our friends and family affected by hurricane, wind, and rain are dry and safe!