As the northeast US is getting slammed by a snowstorm, the same cold front is affecting us with more wind. Right now the wind is from the southwest, a direction for which there is no protection at all in Thompson Bay. We opted to stay here because the southwest winds were not forecast to stay very long before clocking to the west, behind Indian Hole Point. The southwest wind will be with us longer than we had hoped but we will survive. Because there is no protection from land a wind chop builds up in the water. Right now it is about 2-3 feet and all of the boats in the harbor are bouncing. 
This morning I attended another aqua fitness class and was once again the only student aside from the instructor’s husband. George drove me in the dinghy and went for a walk during our class. (He is not an exercise class kind of guy). The choppy water made the class even more challenging and I got hit in the face by a wave more than once. Then we had quite an exciting dinghy ride back to Breeze On. We were grateful that we were able to get the dinghy off the beach and started without capsizing. George had the good idea to heave the anchor out to keep the dinghy from being pushed back to the beach or broadside to the waves as he was staring the motor. Once we approached Breeze On we could see that the chop was making the boat hobby horse so much that the swim platform was dipping into the water. We made it safely on board between the worst of the waves. Then, we had the challenge of getting the dinghy out of the water and onto the arch. We were very happy to get it done without any injuries.
The photo shows that the water isn’t calm but, as usual, doesn’t do justice to the height of the waves.
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