Shanty Sanctuary 2021

Trip Day-Tuesday, August 10th 0306-Woke up and can't go back to sleep! 73F/71F.  Hottest night yet! I will take my time getting ready. 0615-T-storm over head.  Passed quickly, but heavy rain for a short time.  Breakfast is finished. I just need to wash dishes before I go. 0648-Dishes done and everything is all cleaned up and ready. I will head in earlier than orginally planned. NP Overview - Return To Ramp GE-Final Track-Leg 17 Navigation Chart - Day 15, Leg 17 Avenza App - Park Details Working alone it takes a couple of hours to load the boat and kayak, and secure all the loose items for road travel.  The trip back to the cities is about 270 miles and takes about six hours with stops for gas and lunch.  Overall the trip was a successful test of systems and revealed many items that need alteration, redesign, or fixing for the next foray into the lake country. Stay tuned!

Trip Day - Monday, August 9th 0628-Slept in!  Foggy this morning.  66F/65F.  Solar 46%. 0844-Finished breakfast, cereal, peanut butter and toast.  Getting ready to move.  72F/69F.  Solar 45%. 0948-Fog lifted, clouds are breaking up, arrived at State Point Bay K32 boat site, which is not far from the launch ramp.  This leg was 3.9 nm and I averaged 7.6 kts. State Point Bay K32 (Click To Enlarge) NP Overview - Day 14, Legs 14, 15, & 16 (Click To Enlarge) GE - Day 14, Leg 14 (Click To Enlarge) Navionics Day 14, Leg 14 (Click To Enlarge) Avenza Map - Day 14, Legs 14, 15, & 16 (Click To Enlarge) 1115-Dishes are done.  81F/84F. It is going to be hot today with lots of sun!  May swim at some point but the surface of the water here has a lot of algae.  Not a good spot for swimming late in the season.  To shallow and enclosed to turn over the water. Click To Play YouTube Video 1215-Solar 55% (87w).  86F/89F. Reading on the hill ...

Trip Day - Sunday, August 8th (Birthday) 0608-64F/61. Cloudy and cool again.  Solar 46%. 0831-70F/65F.  Still cloudy and cool. Finished reading, study, prayer. Had breakfast of granola with toast and peanut butter.  Getting ready to move out. 1010-Tied up at another unmarked beach.  Rocky bottom with sand mix.  Still cloudy but warm.  68F/67F.  Leg 13 today was 7.5 nm with an average of 7.1 kts. 1105-Did a walk of the site and will follow up with a video later.  Returned to the boat to wash dishes for the day.  I usually do this just after I arrive at the new site.  Once a day I find adequate.  I will trim my beard as I am getting to look a bit rough after two weeks! Two Beaches: This One And A Better One Just Beyond The Boat (Click To Enlarge) Second Beach Is In Cove Behind This Rock (Click To Enlarge) NP  Overview - Day 13, Leg 13 (Click To Enlarge) GE - Leg 13 (Click To Enlarge) Navionics - Leg 13 (Click To Enlarge) Avenza -...

Trip Day - Saturday, August 7th 0600-69F/64F.  50% solar...may make it!  Cloudy and calm. Making coffee cake (large muffins) in my stove top oven, to enjoy with coffee.  Good day for baking.  For now I plan to layover one day. 0830-Enjoyed the hot fresh coffee cake, with lots of butter. Studied my Bible, read from the tome on the Christian background of our Constitution, with prayer after. 0913-70F/66F.  47% solar (15 watts).  I will make a breakfast of blueberry pancakes, bacon, with OJ. 1008-72F/68F.  Finished breakfast and now have a bunch of dishes to wash!  I think I will wait a while. Still cloudy! 1101-70F/68F.  Dishes are done. I will read for a while.  Slept 10 hours last night!  Made up for the loss the night before.  Fishing boats go back and forth in front of this cove, not possible to escape them it seems!  Late fall is the time to come up here, or perhaps very early, like May, or early June. 1236-69F/68F. Sol...

Trip Day - Friday, August 6th 0500-Up early! I have to move the boat because it's pounding on the rocks.  Wind started up in the middle of the night.  I heard a little rain, and after that, the wave action began to cause the boat to beat against the rocks, so I got very little sleep.  I need to move as soon as possible. 0707-It was too dark to navigate safely at 5, so I had some OJ, made coffee, and tried to read my Bible until first light, but I couldn't take the pounding noise, so I began to pull the lines with marginal light.  I finished my coffee enroute.  It was spitting rain as I anchored.  Grey, low clouds. Travel distance was only 1.9 nm averaging 6.3 kts. 0739-Finished breakfast.  May try to catch up on lost sleep.  Much more peaceful at anchor than pounding on rocks! 0855-Read my book "The Goodnight Trail" trying to get tired enough to sleep, but simply couldn't nod off.  I will catch up on my Bible study time to see if that will he...

Trip Day:   Thursday, August 5th 0535-70F/70F.  Pretty warm for this hour, 67F yesterday, but it is cloudy! 0736-Actually cooled a bit, will make breakfast and then head out.  Solar is at 42%. 0756-70F/71F.  Sun is shining through the clouds.  Was finishing breakfast of shredded wheat with strawberries and toast with peanut butter when a fishing boat came roaring into the bay!  Always a high point!  I soon departed my spot and headed out to the falls on the south end of Junction Bay. Tied Up At The Falls (Click to Enlarge) 0900-Stopped briefly at the falls.  Took a bunch of pics and video.  The current made it difficult to tie up and depart.  I had to jump back and forth from untying on land to jumping back aboard to realign the motor to  maintain some type of balance.  Very difficult in the whirling current and steep slope to the lines!  Nevertheless, got away okay and headed out for the next boat site. Day 10, Leg 10 AOA...