October 9

That sun that went down red last night, came up this morning even redder. This time we believed the truth of the sign. We elected to stay here today. At precisely 1105, the wind suddenly shifted to the east and rose in velocity to 20+ knots. A cold front was moving southward down the coast of New Jersey at 20 MPH. Very shortly thereafter, many of the little fishing boats came scurrying into the inlet. It was obviously not a good day to be out there. Small craft warnings were issued for coastal waters and we were quite happy to be sitting on a mooring in Barneget Inlet. We had lunch on board Eagle's Wings-tube steaks and baked beans with Annette's homemade applesauce. Since we were staying at least today and, from the look of things, through the end of the weekend, it was worth getting the dinghy down and visiting the neighbors. While we were there, this large catamaran came into moor. It's from Point Judith, RI. The guys on board said it was blowing 25-30 knots out there, definitely not where we would want to be.