Rained Out

Shelburne Bay

44 25.59 N 073 14.92 W

We came to Burlington today for tonight's fireworks. We invited Jenny and her friend and Mat and his girlfriend to watch from the boat. Since the fireworks are over the water, a boat is an ideal vantage point.

Alas, it's too rainy. We already sat through two squalls, and now the forecast says steady rain for the rest of the evening. Too bad, we had to cancel.

I can't remember a wetter summer. It has been threatening rain almost every day since June 1. Next week, through July 9, the weather calls for more rain rain rain. What happens when we get to 40 days and 40 nights of rain?

Now I'm tuckered out too. One of the rain squalls made our anchor drag. We tried to re-anchor 4 more times, and now after moving to Shelburne, we've re-anchored for the 6th time this afternoon. I have a knot in my back where an overextended muscle is complaining.

It used to be no problem anchoring in Lake Champlain. Now, because of the weeds growing on the bottom it is getting harder and harder to get the anchor to bite.

We're also undecided what to do for the weekend. On July 4 weekend, every place we might like to go is likely to be overly crowded with other boats. Working folks look forward to holiday weekends, but we don't.

Mumble grumble. I guess I'm just grumpy because of the rain and because of all the trouble anchoring.