Weather

• Visibility: 15+ miles (Mt. Baker clearly visible!)
• Wind: 15-20 NW in the morning, then down to 5 SE.
• Sky: clear
• Water: 1′ chop
• Storm warning for Wednesday night thru to Sunday.
• Expecting winds of over 40 knots and as much as 8″ of rainfall.

Ecological

• The sea lions have been mostly absent from the NE part of the island for a few days now.
• This makes sleeping much easier.
• The 6 elephant seals were in the middle of the island today.
• Heard the Pacificr wren somewhere in the lantern room, but could not see it.

Maintenance

• Finally able to fix the electric fence near the generator with the elephant seals elsewhere.
• Ran the desalinator in the afternoon.
• Put the new end piece onto the salt water hose.
• Took note of what needs to be dealt with before the storm.
• Cleaned the student house windows as best I could.
• Swept the main floor of said house in preparation for tomorrow’s Advancement Team meeting.

Boats

• A few boats today.