We left Bay Store camp bright and early yesterday (Sat) morning. Well, early anyway.

What a hideous ride out. Everything was gray and wet. Wind, rain and more wind and more rain. It was a long, LONG ways down to Morson sportsfans.

Obviously we made it, but there was more than one occasion where I questioned my sanity (probably about the 4th time I noticed the bilge pump running).

Though we thought we were dressed adequately, my wife and I both got cold so out came the life vests for more insulation. Hypothermia is real and is not helpful when trying to avoid collisions with rocks etc.

Anyway, I throttled down to idle from a rip roaring 8 mph so she could go forward to get the vests out of the forward dry storage. Before she could get the hatch open, a moderately big wave strayed into the boat and the casting deck became a wading pool for a short while. The coolers were floating around and all that good stuff.

Being the observant type, I immediately realized that idling in those waves wasn't a good idea.

Rev'ed the boat way back up to 8 mph and my wife was able to get the vests.

Took us 4 hours to get from Oak to Morson it did.

Another LOTW memory.