Clara and some of her friends (Sheila, Carol and Tina) came up to the Mountain House Sunday, November 19 for a girls trip. They had a great time catching with each other.
They returned to Beaufort, Wednesday, November 16.
Friday morning, Clara and I headed back up to the mountain to close up the house for the winter as we probably won't be back up until April or May.
The weather forecast included a cold front moving through - and we know what that means in the winter - high winds.
We arrived late Friday evening and immediately in the dark started moving all the porch furniture to the garage and putting up the hurricane shutter on the big windows facing the Northwest.
Lucky we did it, because when we got up Saturday morning, the wind was howling. Saturday night, we recorded 69 mph. Sunday was in the high 50's a good part of the day and Monday it stayed in the 30's with gust up to 50 most of the day. This is the most sustained high wind event that we remember. Usually, a cold front moves through and within 24 hours, the winds have died down. Not this time.
Finally, Monday evening, the winds abated.
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| A cold November sunset |
The temperature dropped dramatically and bottomed out at 25 degrees with a wind chill of 6 degrees. It is definitely time to be heading South (which we plan to do on December 14.
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| The house is buttoned up for the winter |
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