Where's the Warmth? Recap - Norfolk, VA to Charleston, SC

Ice...on the inside.

When we left Hayes, VA (which is just north of Yorktown) at the end of November, it was getting really cold at night and we had already succumbed to buying 2 small ceramic space heaters.  So, we left early on November 21st and by the second night we were anchored in the Alligator River in North Carolina, making about 80.5 nm that day.  We were trying to make good time because Bill had a flight out of Charleston on November 30th and we knew it would be close.

Merry Christmas!

Hope everyone is enjoying this wonderful day !

We are spending Christmas in Charleston, South Carolina (a repeat of Christmas of 2007 when we were on our first boat).  It is cold, very cold.  Hopefully we will be moving south to a warmer climate soon.

Colorful neighbors

A Dockside Neighbor

This is not our boat and ours will not look anything like this. The boys have been working on decorations for the inside;  we have paper snowflakes, paper chains, candy canes and a small tree (a REAL tree)  and a poinsettia plant. The boys have already finished wrapping their presents and have them under the tree. The boys are more than ready for Christmas!  We are making a quick trip to Connecticut this week to pick up some odds and ends we left and then we'll be back to Charleston to celebrate Christmas day.  We're sure Santa will find us here because 3 years ago we were here on our previous boat, Noka, and he found us!

Boats and Winter Do Not Mix

Our Big Floating Refrigerator

The kids think it's funny that they can see their breath inside the boat in the morning, I definitely do not. We typically wake up to a sub-50 degree "house" and it takes the heaters running full blast for a couple of hours to bring it up to a "toasty" 60-62 degrees. This is not fun. The condensation, the cold, the damp, everyday, it makes me wonder what the heck we are doing, aren't we supposed to be somewhere warm? Yet, once you are over the initial futility of ever being completely warm or dry, you learn you can control it a little and get it down to a manageable process. The night before we lay down newspaper under all of the hatches and windows to catch the drips.