1 November 2011
Well, the kids were excited about Halloween and so parental tiredness was not going to stop the pumpkin carving, the dressing up and face paints, cookie baking and jelly moulds. I thought we had quite a fun day considering we were out at sea and so couldn't really trick or treat, but when Lochy woke up this morning, he expressed his disappointment with our effort - "it just wasn't really all that fun." Thanks Lockster!
Mark is still not feeling well and after a plethora of information from our shore support - Goody - I think he might have a kidney infection. He's on antibiotics though, so hopefully the fever will go down soon.
I think we've passed through the international dateline today - well, there is a wiggly purple line on our chart, and I'm pretty sure it doesn't mark the edge of the world. So it's tomorrow. Unfortunately, the reference to skipping 24 hours doesn't extend to skipping 120 miles too, which would be nice given the circumstances. This leg will go down as the toughest one mentally for me. But then, no one said it would be easy and I think the next on to NZ will be so much more enjoyable; a combination of better provisioning and a shorter journey. And if there's a stray kiwi needed a lift back home, we might be offering him/her a lift!! Curr Position: 20.54S 171.56W