It was a dark and stormy night

The bad weather has blown through and the water has calmed back down to it's normal state but boy last night it was quite dicey.  We were up at midnight putting more lines out on the the starboard pilings and more fenders on the port side,  just in case the wind blew more than the 30 knots we were currently seeing, the boat would be secure.  Capt David was concerned our little finger of a dock, since it has no piling at the end of it, might not withstand the wind and the entire weight of our boat being blown onto it and perhaps, simply break apart...with us tied to it.  That's a big insurance claim waiting to happen, groan.  After getting things as secure as we thought was necessary, we slept well while the weather normalized.  The cleaner guys showed up this morning, a 3 man crew and worked until 4pm.  The boat already looks better.  I got the rest of the boat cleaned, David had the disgusting job of cleaning the sump pump again, not a fun job.  We put the dinghy in the water, it's been covered up for several months, it was just too bloody hot to use it.  While covered,  it managed to grow quite the garden of mildew, pee-yew.  Since it hadn't been run in so long, we thought we'd put the poodie's life vest on and go for a little ride.  Everything worked great, the battery started right up, the little Garmin chart plotter/sonar showed all the depths (we would have been stuck in the mud had we tried to get out at that moment), all the nav lights worked and the pole with the white light that is necessary for night usage too.  We motored around to see where all the restaurants were, there are quite a few.  It was nice to get of the (clean) boat and see some sights via the dinghy.

                    Writer Sir Edward Bulwer-Lyttonb wrote "Paul Clifford".  It's an interesting google.

The 6:30pm bridge opening for a sailboat.

                                    The end of the dinghy ride with Painkiller in the background.

                                                                            Sunset.

                                        The Jetty Restaurant, we see this from the back deck.

                                                            The other half of the Jetty.

                                                                    Bridges Restaurant.

                                                            Fisherman's Inn Crab Deck.

                                                                    The Owl Tiki Bar.

                                                            The Narrows Restaurant.

                                                                    Harris Crab House.

                            This is Harris Crab House's fish market that is adjacent to the restaurant.

                                                                Red Eyes Dock and Bar.

                                                                Going for a dinghy ride.

                                                        Sunset.  Good Night Kent Narrows!