Sunday, January 24, 2010 Peck Lake (N27 06.899 W080 08.536)

Southeast winds in excess of 20 knots this morning. The wind generator is humming away, powering my computer, keeping our electrical systems charged as I run the chart plotter and work on my computer. It was a sleepless night for me after 1am. Wayne was having vivid dreams again and I couldn’t sleep.

We dinghied over to the other side of Hobe Sound to the Atlantic side. The surf is really up and I’m glad we’re not out there. The winds are 20+ out of the south so they’d be on our nose the entire way to Lake Worth. We’ll stay here today and maybe tomorrow, then head to Lake Worth and wait for the winds to swing back around from the north. After wandering the beach and scouring the beach for little shells and sea glass (no luck on the glass today) we went back to the boat for some lunch and to listen to the wind and waves (okay… the wind generator really). Marge & Dave (Winfield Lash) called and it sounds like they found a great little hidey hole in Lake Silvia for the next 5 days until they can get a crossing over to Bimini. We definitely need to stay in touch & I hope we get to see them in either the Abacos or the Exumas.

A short hike to the other side of the sound leads you through some sea grass, and sea oats until you get to the Atlantic.  I wasn't the only one looking for treasures in the surf :)

The picture below is of one of the jellys. They blow up like a balloon and ride on the surface of the waves looking for a meal to catch. Unfortunately, with the winds and waves from the East and South, they end up on the beach.

Looking off in the distance you can see the sea mist hanging in the air. After a walk along the beach, you can lick you lips (or your skin) and it will taste salty. I wonder what it's doing to my poor camera?