Love It Or Leave It

[Barney Bear]

On Monday, we opened our place on East Bear Island to start our fifty-third season. We had planned to return home on Wednesday afternoon. However, a strong southeast wind developed by noontime, producing waves more than we wanted to deal with in our 19' boat. Rain was predicted for later in the evening and during the night. Thunderstorms were predicted for Thursday afternoon. At daylight Thursday morning, and after the fog had lifted enough to see Long Island, and the wind had calmed down to "gentle" waves, we decided to head in to our slip at Fay's Boat Yard. The waves in the area between Timber Island and the mainland were very manageable. We love island living so much as to be ready to deal with such weather conditions, and, thus, would never leave it. 🐻