Winterlude/Solitude

Well winter has returned this year after we've had several mild ones. Luckily, I was able to leave the bare trees for this little Caye in southern Belize for a few days.

The only inhabitant I could find on this little piece of paradise was this Osprey:

It's just a reminder of the magical places that one can only get to by boat.

New Years Day/Winterhelm

Things were cold and fuzzy on New Years Day. Still the 15 degree temperture did not stop me from going down to the boat and check up on things.

As you can see by the snow piled up by the hatch BIANKA was suffering from a little winterhelm. The only way to correct that is to pull some summer gear off the boat. And head south to a place like this:

Which I plan to do in a few weeks as it is the only fix for winterhelm that I know of.