November 11, 2009

Still tied to the dock in Jamestown

Hello everybody!

This should be day 1. And indeed,  it appears to be day 1 of several, waiting for Ida to make up her mind!  Currently Ida is stalled off the east coast with high winds and huge waves–nothing we’d like to go to sea in.  We are watching the weather and communicating with our weather guru, Herb Hilgenberg, and it appears that the first opportunity to leave will be Sunday.  However, that is subject to change.  As a result this will probably be one of the best prepared trips we’ve ever made.  We already have everything loaded, much of the food in the freezer, even crew clothing aboard.  We  only have the final grocery run for produce and dairy.  It looks as if I will even get to bake chocolate chip cookies.  They appear on the list every year, and I think the last time I had time to bake them was May 2000.

Keep checking the site.  I should get the crew introduction up before we leave.

All the best from the crew of Avalanche, waiting.

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