Calm night, peaceful morning. I open up the boom tent for some fresh air. Hot chocolate with a hot breakfast - mountain berry granola.
The gust begin to build at 7:30. Rain now and then. And I get into my routine for long rainy days. Slip on the dry suit (even though my tent keeps out the rain, with heavy rains and high winds the moisture is everywhere). I sometimes call it hibernation, but I know that is not the correct term as I don't sleep all day. So I search the internet and find an appropriate, certainly timely word (considering my interactions with the reptile) yesterday: Brumation.
Brumation is a state of sluggishness and inactivity that reptiles, such as snakes and lizards, enter during winter or periods of low temperatures. Unlike true hibernation, brumating reptiles may occasionally wake to drink water but generally do not eat for extended periods.
Okay, so I don't have scales and I do eat. I drift off into this space somewhere not quite awake, not quite asleep. Resting, relaxing. Look out the back of the boom tent now and then to check our position. Visit the weather apps to see what's coming. Go back to sleep. There is something cleansing about these calm, quiet days, and time passes quickly.
1:00 overcast and swirling winds. Rain on and off.
2:00 move in closer to shore to get out of the wind. Surprisingly deep water next to the marsh.
7:00 thunderstorms and heavy rain. I tuck into the sleeping bag and drift off to sleep.
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