Almost there!
Wayward Adventure
Sat 2 May 2009 04:36
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After leaving Nuka Hiva on
Tuesday afternoon, the past few days seemed to have flown by in comparison to
the much longer pacific "crossing" we completed en route to the Marquesas last
month..... and Thank God for that!! We are looking at reaching the
first of the atolls we plan to visit in the Tuamotu Archipelago before noon
tomorrow and I for one cant wait to drop the hook and dive in the crystal clear
water of the lagoon. Hopefully it will be as refreshing as I imagine it to be as
we have been sweltering in the heat out here with temperatures reaching 85-90
degrees as early as 9:00 in the morning! And as you all know I am already pretty
hot-bodied to begin with so its not as if the heat is a
welcome comfort after a chilly night out on deck or anything, but oh
well...I'm not complaining as I am sure the weather in some places where you'all
are at is not so great at the moment ;- )
Speaking of being out on
deck at night.....I had my first memorable "night watch" last night in that
during my watch from 9:00pm to 12:00 I was: a) Not asking
myself why I was doing this, b) Feeling very good health-wise,
and c) I watched the best moon-set I have ever seen towards the
very end of my watch and then returned to my berth for another 3 hours of
peaceful sleep! I am not sure what the correct name for this phenomenon is, but
watching the reddish-orange orb of the moon literally sink below the waterline
at 11:30 last night was truly an amazing sight complete with shooting stars
and a phosphorescent light shown in our wake as the sea creatures
must have been responding to the lunar cycle and set about flashing and
flaring off in rapid succession unlike that I have ever seen before at the
precise moment the moon slipped beneath the surface of the cloud studded
horizon......now I can only wonder....What might tonight's watch hold in store
for me?
~LH
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