Tuesday, March 18 — The last three days have been quiet. We’ve primarily focused on school and chores. On Sunday, the wind was still screaming at 20-knots, and on Monday it picked up even more. The wind also drastically shifted directions. One of the reasons this anchorage was packed right now was because there were not many all-weather anchorages in the area. With the forecast indicating such a drastic wind shift, many boaters — including us — determined that Elizabeth Harbor was the best place to ride out the forecasted storm.

The storm finally hit on Monday night. The lightning started as the sun was setting, and the wind got even stronger. The rain started shortly thereafter, and it was pretty hard rain. The anchor alarm went off four times in the night, so needless to say, Eric did not sleep well. On Tuesday morning, the wind did calm down a lot, but it was still windy enough to make the harbor choppy.

Here was the sunrise on Monday.

The moon has continued to be stunning. It wasn’t even full anymore, and yet it was still so big, colorful and luminous. This was a shot from Sunday morning.

As for fun activities… we have had several people come by in their dinghies to say hi. It’s definitely a social place.

On Saturday, Eric put out an offer on the app No Foreign Lands to host a teens D & D session at Kosmos on Sunday. Two families came. They all had a good time, and the families decided to make it a regular activity. We all agreed it would be better to meet at Chat N Chill beach at 1500 to be in sync with the rest of the teens. Eric did D & D sessions on both Monday and Tuesday. Since a lot of parents come to Chat N Chill with their kids, Eric and Christi had the opportunity to get to know the parents from the other two families better, and also to meet some other families. Here are some more pics of Chat N Chill Beach.

Chat N Chill is at the tip of a tiny peninsula. The photo above and all the photos we put in the last post were of the “front,” meaning the side facing Elizabeth Harbor. Here was the backside of the peninsula.

And the cute little path between the front and back

On Tuesday evening, a Nordhavn 62.5 in the anchorage invited us over to visit along with a few other Nodhavn owners. Eric and Christi had a nice time with them, but Keith was bored with all the boat talk. The 62.5 was beautiful. Eric couldn’t stop drooling.