Ouch

Marathon, FL
No LL

Well, another fantasy bites the dust. Even in they Keys it gets cold. It was 40 F (4C) this morning. Brrrrrrrr. By noon it was 62F (17C) but it still feels very cold on the water. I saw one woman paddling a kayak wearing earmuffs.

By the way, we moved our anchorage yet again. Now we are in Sisters Creek. It seems like an excellent place to stay. Quiet, clean, sheltered, and good anchor holding. Best of all, we are not near other anchored boats who could hit us if their anchors drag.

Ouch! I said when I woke up yesterday morning. My right knee hurts like the devil. I'm afraid that I have tendinitis in that knee once again. I had it twice before. It is caused by over exerting myself and working too hard. This time it must have been the stress of anchoring and re-anchoring and re-anchoring so many times in the past few days.

The first time I got tendinitis I ignored it and did yet another day's work. That was a big mistake. On the second day, it hurt so much that I couldn't walk. It took several weeks of bed rest to heal. The second time I got it, I immediately rested my knee for a few days, while gulping aspirin, and it got better rapidly. That's my plan now, but it's not easy to immobilize yourself when living on a boat. Every day I have to climb up and down ladders.