Which will be much colder than this last one. That’s a good thing, as the moisture should stay in the mountains in the form of snow. It’s still raining hard, but the river seems to have calmed quite a bit and there’s no more debris whacking the hull.

The heater did go out on me again last night, but I am fast becoming a Hurricane Diesel Heater Expert. I have my little magic wire trick, plus I changed out the fuel filter and have everything running nicely again.

This is a picture of the valley that a friend of mine took. All that is covered with water should be fields and pasture.