Valentine’s Day Sail on the Columbia River
Sunday, February 15th, 2009In the bi-polar days of winter timing is everything. Valentine’s Day was a prime example. In the morning there was heavy cloud cover and a mix of rain and snow emanating from a low pressure center that was moving South into California and rapping bands of moisture back around the center and up into our area The NOAA weather radar and satellite pictures were showing clearing to the North and West. We decided to head for the boat about noon and by the time we arrived at Hayden Bay the clouds were lifting and it was starting to break up. As if St. Valentine was smiling down on those who promised their sweetheart a Valentine’s Day sail, the sun came out and we had 10 to 15 knots of East wind.
