After Earl

The preparation for the hurricane Earl were well organized (we were getting regular updates via the house phone), though the road closure curfew kept on changing, and we ended up wasting a good part of Friday couped up at the house watching old DVDs (the Dish lost signal about 8 hours before the storm arrived). The hurricane turned out to be not much more than lots of rain. The morning after, our motorboat had rainwater up to the brims (or whatever it is called on the boat), but the sandy soil was mostly dry and very much driveable. The wind was not that strong, though the waves on the pond were quite high, with enough white heads to make the boat ride to the beach challenging and scary at times. After some struggle, soaked to the bone we made it to the beach. There the ocean waves were high and unruly, coming seemingly from every direction at once. On the beach, we ran into Muneys who came for some wave watching.

Tomorrow morning, we are packing up and leaving this place. The new school year, the last for Leon, starts on Tuesday.

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