middle of the night
22 October 2011 | 120 miles south of the equator
Kathy
The moon rose at 0230 and in my fatigued state I actually thought for a minute that what I was seeing was a volcanic eruption in the distance! The middle of the moon was covered by clouds, so only the points were showing orange, and since we're within 120 nm of Kiribati I was thinking maybe there was some new land developing right before my eyes. Then just as I thought maybe I should tell Allen to come and see this sight, the moon lifted itself out of the cloud cover and became its plain old slivered self, albeit orange still. After that it rose up in the sky and looked just like that Dreamworks picture where the little boy is sitting on the lip of the moon sliver with his fishing rod dangling into the silvery cloud below. WEIRD!
Highlights yesterday and the day before: the sunrise and the sunset. Water water everywhere, water near and far...too bad there's no ISP out here as there's ample time for surfing the web! Otherwise it's just LS surfing down the waves, which have become rather unpleasant off and on.
Other high points, meaning they made me smile or laugh, were the dogs. Dallas went to eat her lunch yesterday and instead of placing the bowls out on the aft deck which requires harnesses and clipping onto the jacklines running the deck, the boys just drop their dishes outside the cockpit door onto the deck. Dallas didn't even bother to go out the door but put her front feet on the deck and started the chow down with her back legs still on the cockpit combing, leaving her with her butt up in the air. The boys went into hysterics and Wyatt tried pushing her out but she didn't budge! Finally she went out and turned around, but we got a good laugh over that. Then at dinner, Allen was joking with her when she lifted her head up to see what was being served, and said, " At ease, Admiral Dallas," when she rolled her eyes at him and flopped her head back down on the cushion! Guess you would've had to have been here to appreciate it, but this is what we've been reduced to. It's the little things that count, obviously!
So, a week down and maybe 5 days left, including the dreaded ITCZ band crossing...wish us luck!