Day 81 – Saturday, August 29, 2009

Around 10pm last evening, the rain came and the boat continued to rock and roll until day break today. It wasn’t a night for sleeping or even resting!

The temperature dropped to a point that every one is wearing long pants, sweat shirts and jackets! This is the first day we had to turn on a small portable electric heater inside the boat. Barb wanted more heat than the little portable one so late in the afternoon I went to the boat house to get another power cord to heat the interior of the boat. A few people were standing on the dock next to the boat house looking across the river and I was told I just missed seeing a bear swim across the river then shake the water off his fur like a dog would ----- Timing is everything!

The weather forecast is for improved temperatures and wind conditions for the next few days. With the boat up and running and weather conditions improving, it appears we will leave Killarney tomorrow morning.