Thanks Chas, and I'm saddened that you will not be able to get away for a day or two.

As for hurricane season, this one has been pretty mile thus far, but after being caught in Sandy when I was making the same trip 5 years ago, it was one of the reasons I put off leaving here until about the second week in October. That was pretty scary. The wind at the top of my mast was howling at 70 MPH, while on deck it was less than 10 MPH. The boat was sheltered by the mangroves and excavation material that was dredged when the marine there was built.

Just saw one is on it's way to Mississippi right now, a category 1, with winds of 75 MPH and a 6 to 10-foot tidal surge predicted. Hopefully, the storm will fall apart before it makes landfall, but this time of year, with all that warm, gulf water, it just may get stronger. Might even head to DonM's neighborhood.

All the best,

Gary