11 September 2015 | HOME - Vancouver WA
24 August 2015 | 46 11.4'N:123 51.4'W, Port of Astoria Marina
22 August 2015 | 46 42.0'N:132 09,4'W, 330 West of CR Bouy, Astoria
21 August 2015 | 46 41.8'N:136 13.8'W, 500 West of Astoria
20 August 2015 | 46 22.82'N:140 28.00'W, East end of High
20 August 2015 | 46 22.80'N:140 28.32'W, Middle of High Same as Fish
20 August 2015 | 46 22.79'N:140 28.57'W, Middle of High
20 August 2015 | 46 22.7'N:140 30.2'W, 675 Miles West of CR
20 August 2015 | 45 57.6'N:144 54.0'W, East End of the High
18 August 2015 | 44 38.2'N:147 57.0'W, 1000 NM to Astoria
18 August 2015 | 43 31.0'N:150 28.0'W, 1126 NM to Astoria
17 August 2015 | 41 40.1'N:153 00.1'W, 1200 miles West of Astoria
16 August 2015 | 39 30.1'N:154 53.1'W, West end of the North Pacific High
15 August 2015 | 37 34.5'N:156 00.0'W, 1011 North of Oahu
15 August 2015 | 37 04.5'N:156 23.0'W, 983 North of Oahu
14 August 2015 | 34 12.3'N:157 26.1'W, 800 North of Oahu
13 August 2015 | 31 50.0'N:158 06.5'W, 650 North of Oahu
12 August 2015 | 29 02.0'N:158 51.0'W, 330 North of Oahu
11 August 2015 | 26 32.0'N:158 59.0'W, 330 North of Oahu
09 August 2015 | 23 44.1'N:158 49.4'W, 140 N of Oahu
The Perfect Beach
04 September 2014 | 19 07.96'S:178 34.30'W, Vulaga or Fulaga
John
Charisma and ourselves moved to a new anchorage on Tuesday, just in front of a little village called Naivindamu. It is the smallest of the villages here in Fulaga, and the people are so friendly. Ann and Bob have been in the Fulaga area for 2 months now, and have made a few day trips to this particular village, and so they know everyone�'s name now. Ann is still working on getting all the birthday�'s memorized, and their family tree written down �- but she is getting close! So they are no longer pulangis (what they call us white folk), but now have their own island names. And everyone in all 3 villages know and love Ann and Bob. It sure makes it easy for John and I to quickly get accepted and immersed with village life. John is also becoming know for his skills at repairing sewing machines. There are 3-4 hand-cranked sewing machines in each of the 3 villages �- almost all in need of some sort of repair. And word is out that John is a master sewing machine fixer �- his reputation i s preceding him! So when we showed up in Naivindamu, the ladies asked him to work his magic on 2 more machines. With all the sewing machines coming our way from all the villages, he has only deemed one of them �"inoperable�" so far. The village ladies love him!
Yesterday Moses, the chief of Naivindamu, along with 2 of his younger assistants Sailosi and Mattai (2 cute little boys from the village) took us on a hike to a remote beach on the other side of the island. After trekking 40 minutes through plantations and a jungle filled with coconut trees, we emerged onto one of the most beautiful white sand beaches we have ever seen. The beach and water were absolutely stunning! Ann and I have decided we are going to start our own village there along with a few of our village lady friends �- we would have a blast! After doing some shell hunting and enjoying a stroll through the water�'s edge we tucked back into some shade under the coconut trees and Moses prepared a drinking coconut for each of us as we enjoyed the scenery. Then we trekked the 40 minutes back �- much of the path lying over very sharp coral rock formations within the jungle - with Moses and the 2 boys barefoot the entire way. Ouch!! But wow - these guys have some tough feet! I think they could walk on broken glass and not even bat an eye! And I get all wimpy and whiney when I get a little sliver in my toe!