There are good days out there and there are challenges on the water.  This one is a challenge.  The background...a large weather system coming by.  It brings rain and higher than normal tides.  Tied to the dock the water rises so high that the dock goes away.  What remains are the tippy tops of the dolphin poles.  You can only get off the boat at low tide, and at high tide you worry that the water will make the poles disappear.  That why they call it a challenge.