We have finally broken out of the low that was controlling the CA coast, have the big kite up and bebopping along toward HI. Folks are feeling more hopeful about arriving before our planes leave and Linda and LeeAnn go home without us. Want to thank them for the food they put together and LeeAnn for the cookies. I hope they were good...Simon ate all of them. I think he finds this navigating thing more stressful than his real job.

Only casualty so far has been the flying fish that landed on deck and someone squished when they sat on the poor little guy. I thought I did a really good job of cleaning the boat, but this morning I found a half bag of almonds from 2008. They became fish food.

Cheers from all of us on our little world. Tony