Naviti
If I get too enthusiastic with my travel descriptions, Sailmail cuts us off and Mike and Rod get alarmed about their weather reports…so I need to keep it moderate! So you will receive this email Read More …
2005 Season
SCUBA Lessons in the Yasawas
This morning we raised anchor and sailed 10-12 miles to a new location ideal for Michelle’s first scuba lesson. We outfitted her in Mike’s gear and Anouk took her into shallow water with a sandy Read More …
Settling In
Here we are in Fiji already settling into the Raven routine. Raven was waiting for us in Vudu Point Marina. It’s a great so-called hurricane hole, protected from any heavy wave action stirred up by Read More …
Mike’s Letter to RRC
“Many of you have asked me if I’m going to give a talk about our recent trip to the South Pacific. I won’t bore you with a talk. However, as always, Carol has done Read More …
Heading Home
We’re down to the last few days of our trip – I don’t know that I’ll have another opportunity to upload photos until we’re back in Tucson, unless it happens Friday or Saturday. Our Read More …
Rain and a Cold
We’ve been stuck in Suva Harbor for the third straight day, in a grey drizzly cloud that is not at all anyone’s idea of the tropical South Pacific! The photo is of the Royal Suva Read More …
Passage to Fiji
We’re all cleared in to Fiji and yesterday I added a new set of photos from our last days in Tonga. The photo above was taken at sunrise as we first spotted the islands of Read More …
Last Day in the Kingdom of Tonga
Today is our last day in Tonga. We sent Peggy and Jon off in a taxi to the airport and they are (hopefully) on their way back to the US. Our last dinner out together Read More …
Tonga Activities
We’re continuing to enjoy ourselves and getting more and more out of touch with reality. I couldn’t even guess what day of the week it is without a group discussion and a look at Read More …
Company Coming
Finally got to civilization (sort of) and located another internet cafe. Here’s the first installment of photos from Tonga posted on the Smugmug site. We are in Neiafu in the Vava’u Group of islands, moored Read More …