Life on the island in Winter

January 14th, 2009 by tom

It’s the middle of january and I am countng the days until we are back on the water being around the whales and watching their daily routines once again. The weather has not been extreme, except for a two week period in December, when we had very cold temperatures and lots of snow. The snow also had a layer of ice beneath it making driving a challenge. It lasted longer than out usual snow events and really slowed things up. Don’t get me wrong, it’s nice to slow down but a forced slow down was hard on everybody.

I’ve been geting a few reports of whales around, the last report being around Christmas when two transients were up by Turn Point on Stuart Island. We probably won’t get many reports until we approach spring. In the meantime the “other” wildlife are here. Steller sea lions are the stars of the show right now, as well as bald eagles.

Jennifer and I have been working on getting off the island and heading down to Florida to our little sailboat, to do some needed warm water sailing. For any sailors reading this the photo is our boat, a 1969 Allied Seaind ketch. It’s just the right size for the two of us. We’ll get there eventually.