05/08/2013, Kwajalein
Rebecca spent some time, ecspecially when we first got to Kwajalein, learning a new skill - windsurfing....she injured her shoulder at Kwaj so there wont be any more of that for a long time, but it was fun while it lasted!
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05/08/2013, Departing Kwajalein Atoll
"It is almost time to go to lunch" I facetiously say to Rebecca. We had become used to eating on schedule, three times a day. It was so convenient to pick up a tray at the dining hall then pile food and deserts on our plates. And when finished, some hard working person, whose chest only could we see through the stainless steel slit of the dish room, took our dirty plates. Life in Kwajalein was convenient. Now, with Brick House anchored at a different island in the atoll, hunger pangs creep in but it seems too much trouble to figure out what to dig out of a storage locker and how to prepare it. We did become spoiled with shore side amenities while working our one year contracts. That part of our sailing adventure is complete. As cruisers, we feel fortunate to have stumbled onto those jobs; our bank accounts are well stocked and the supplies now stuffed on Brick House has made our medium displacement boat a heavy displacement boat. We will certainly miss our neighbors and friends we leave behind at Kwaj. They were fellow sailors, SCUBA divers and adventurers who also enjoyed working on a tropical island. The horizon is calling so we leave today to return to Rongerik, an uninhabited atoll two days sail north. After several days there, we will turn south east for Lautoka, Fiji where we will haul Brick House to paint the bottom before sailing west to Vanuatu and Australia. Bye everyone at Kwajalein- we already miss you and hope you will stay in touch always!
We have a weather window coming to a close this weekend, so it looks like we will be departing sooner rather than later from the atoll. Maybe as soona s this afternoon. The next atoll is about 150 miles northeastward, so we hope to make anchor by the end of the weekend. Freedom.
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