At the Arches National Park in Utah you can see delicate sculptures that were carved by waters streaming their way to sea.  Within the ancient river valley worn away over millions of years you can find features like the balanced rock or the landscape arch. The crew of Second Wind travelled west on a prairie schooner to the Pacific late this summer and spent some time in Colorado, Utah and Nevada.

Meanwhile, in the Caribbean tropical storm Florence was forming.   It would use the warms water of the Atlantic to build into a full hurricane.  The water, now driven by the winds, and supported by the low pressure and high tides would flood the areas around Wilmington and further inland to New Bern and surrounding towns.

Here you can see the projected wind map provided by the PredictWind app. (This is the first time I have seen black in the map).  Fortunately  for Second Wind the main winds landed further to the north, and the town of Beaufort, SC , its homeport was south of the major impact of the storm.   Our thoughts are with those in the affected areas and thanks for the good work done by the various supporting agencies including the Coast Guard, local police and fire rescue and the Red Cross.