One of our most disappointing discoveries about Majuro was the provisions. I would by crackers, open them up and they would be very stale. I could buy bread that looked good from the bakery section and it would be moldy the next morning when we fixed toast. Produce was expensive, even by Alaska standards. I would be so hungry for something fresh. One Saturday when the produce was just arriving, I over purchased....spent over a hundred dollars on produce. It half filled three white plastic grocery bags. I hurried them to the boat and put them away. By Monday, everything was too rotten to consume. This happened several times before we gave up and bought canned vegies. All this was not the real problem however. The real problem was the bugs. Yes, whatever we brought home always had bugs. The weevils could be seen wiggling through flour, pasta, cereal, and beams. No matter how careful we were, everything had this "protein" additive. The cockroaches were also out of control. We would eat out and have them scurrying across the table. Some of them are huge, we are talking about bigger than even Alaska mosquitoes. And that is hard to believe. But really, there is one species that is longer than the length of my fingers, not including it's antennas. We even wound up with some of these on Tender Spirit. We were not tender about genocide. We killed them all and took no prisoners. We are pretty certain they are gone. We learned how to get rid of them in Mexico. Boric acid and roach hotels do the trick. The weevils though, are a part of our lives for awhile longer...until we get to Fiji we have a new rule on board: "Don't ask, and Don't tell". Later when Chuck reads this post...when we get to Fiji, I will tell him about the ones that came to the surface while cooking macaroni. I've got a new use for that little sieve ....no protein additives in our cooked food now. We do have all of our Majuro dry goods quarantined on board away from the last of our good Fiji food. We will start serious eradication process as soon as we arrive. Speaking of arrival. We have about 713 miles to go. The wind is very light tonight in 4-6 knot range, but is supposed to fill in and blow up to about 20 in the next couple of days, then hang in the 10-15 knot range, all east wind. Right now we are sliding along at about 2.5 knots, but have been averaging in the 4-5 knot range most of the day. All is well on board, except for the weevils that will be unmercily eradicated very soon!