Aye, even I had a gloomy outlook before this trip. Although I had done my best to hide it from those who had signed on, the prognosis was not good. All the data from my usual pre-trip research indicated today's trip would not be very pleasant. It had all the makings of a day only the seasoned veterans of "sloppy seas" would be the only souls left standing when a truce ending this battle occurred. Those souls brave enough to venture out this past weekend returned home battle scarred by rain, 15mph east winds and chill. But what really caught my attention was the whisper of 10 to 12 foot seas. Even a seasoned vet will make an involuntary primate-like grunting sound at that point.