Greetings all This morning we woke up to drizzle and rolly Taiohae bay after a lousy nights sleep , at least for me. I decided to skip the Bakery an ice run and move on to Taipivai early this morning . An hour and a have later were arrived and this bay seems like it will be a bit better, at least the wind and waves seem to be moving in the same direction. Everyone is knocked out for naps but are beginning to stir. There is a small river at the head of the bay that I hope to be able to run the dingy into and drop people of this afternoon. I have neverbeen ashore myself and so will make a special effort to go in and have a look around. This bay has a mud bottom and no coral as in most of the Marquesas, so anchoring and pulling up are easy except for the mud on deck. Looks like we are headedfor shre shortly so I will finish this a bit later. or make a new blog if I loose this one. Back from our walk. We were able to zip into the river and tie the avon to a tree and hike into town. the first half mike was a beach and a rough road until we hit the main concrete road into taipivai town. There is a huge walled archeological site as we walked into town Stone platforms, reconstructed grass fares and meeting rooms. Wewalked the loop about 2 miles and ended dragging back to the boat for drinks and more rest. We plan to stay a second night here in Taipivai , and then go back to Taiohae for fuel and the last shopping. I have to go and check out with the federal Gendarmes. It could be interesting because we are currently overstayed or 3 months by a week or so. The problemstems from us going into Raiatea because of the bad weather and geeting Nancy to an airport to fly home in July. We also had fuel and engine issues. Bottom line is we entered French polynesia two weeks earlier than originally planed. Fingers crossed they don't give me too much heat. Nancy will be home Sunday Oct 14, tired and sleepy . Good day, David p olice