sv Bella Rose

Hello,

Wow, Christmas has come and passed us all. The end of 2009 and beginning of 2010 is just days away. Seems every year goes by faster and faster.

We had a significant storm late on Dec 24th. All day we had a strong south wind. This produced a warmer than normal temperature, the high was 70 degrees. Also, because of the south wind, the water level was much higher than normal. After dark, a large thunderstorm developed about 3 miles offshore and was moving directly north in front of the east bound cold front. The winds were probably well above 40 mph, briefly.

One boat in the marina had it's gangplank drop in to the water. The fingerpier is on the south side of the boat. With the high water and south wind, the gankplank dropped off the dock. Here is a photo:

You can see our dog, Tiki, in the  lower right corner. Also, just in case you are wondering, as it is Christmas day, and not many people are at the marina, I DID remove the gangplank from the boat and pulled it up onto the dock.

In contrast, after the front passed, Christmas day was much colder and with a clear sky. The wind switched around to the NW and the water dropped quickly. The high on the 25th was only 60 degrees.

Here are two sunset photos taken on Dec 25th.

We pray you have a wonderful new year in 2010. May all

your dreams come true!

Rob, Cheri & Jonathan.