It's great how different activities make you notice particular facets of the weather. The winds today were about 20 to 30 mph, which feels so gentle in a car and still relatively calm on your porch, but on the bay today they were fierce! Salt spray everywhere, waves crashing into the top of the kayak. Sunglasses were fogged by the water and quickly crusting salt, yet eyes also seemed too frail for the deluge of saltwater that met them with every thud of the kayak into the next approaching trough. Squinting into the oncoming salt and drenching waves worked best. Exfoliation at its most thorough.
Our journey through Pleasant Bay felt not always pleasant or calm, least so when the boat captain slowed down to ask us if we were okay during a period of routine paddling (guess we looked more fatigued than we thought!), but the trip left such pleasant aftermath. The winds still gust outside, but inside my little cabin, they sound like a backdrop. I'm warm, comfortable, and content. And sleepy. While earlier I was stretched and pushed by the wind in the bay, I'm now soothed by it. A beautiful windy day and a breezy night to go with it (even the adjective changes once I'm no longer worried about being capsized!). A wonderful windy day.
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