Monday 18 May 2015

For some it's better to have people wonder why they didn't say anything than why they did, but cruisers spend a fair amount of time isolated from others due to passages and those lovely, peaceful, deserted anchorages that we often seek out, so catching up with cruising mates and listening to their stories, adventures and ongoing projects is always a joy. There are even a few like Dave on Rewa with whom one can talk about anything, even religion and politics (I call him a socialist and he calls me an anarchist). He's always wondering 'why?' and gets you to wonder too. Jan, who is the gregarious half of this operation, makes lifelong buddies with just about everyone she meets, partly because she makes them feel like they're special to her and they are. Although we talk on the SSB to a number of folks both underway and not, most are going in other directions so won't see them for perhaps years or never. The upside is that we'll add new friends who'll have their own cool stories and every once in a while as we come around a point into the next anchorage, there will be someone from past days and we'll pick up where we left off. Although not the reason this operation got underway, it is one of the great joys of the adventure.

Jack