Pretty clear why this month's full moon is called that. It is officially winter. The moon becomes officially full today at 11:49pm local time. The full moon happens to occur a day after the winter solstice. The last time a full moon coincided with the solstice was in 2010, and the next will be in 2094.
The moon will appear full last night and tonight. Here's how it looked late last night...
With the full moon and the Winter Solstice happening at the same time, we are experiencing some crazy low tides. When I got up this morning...
Typically, the deck of the boat (where you step onto the boat) is about level with that lowest part of our dock at low tide. This morning, it was down an additional two+ feet, making it about even with the top of the seats. The boat is still floating, but you'd be plowing the bottom if you tried to motor out of here right now. Looking across the canal at the shells on the pilings and sea wall...
We are excited that Steph and Dan are coming to visit; and that means stocking up on food. An early trip to Wally World this morning - hardly any cars in the parking lot before 8:00. The downside of that: they had no checkouts open other than self check. No big deal for us, but I felt bad for a family of 4 that had two full carts - it was taking them forever to do their own checking. Still ticks me off that we don't get an employee discount for doing the work. ;-)
Sunny and clear this morning - it is supposed to stay that way, with the wind building to 20 mid-day. Steph and Dan get here tomorrow, and it is supposed to be 72º, sunny, and single digit winds on their arrival. Hoping for continued nice weather during their stay.
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