Author: Hannah
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and we are off! (with a lot of help from our friends)
We checked out of New Zealand customs at 3 pm today, and untied the dock lines with our friends there to wish us well at 5 pm. Some boats honked their horns as we left and others yelled out “goodbye, we love you, safe passage!” Also our friend Andrew came and cleaned our dinghy for…
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HBD Luz!
Luz celebrated her 6th birthday with a pool party in Whangarei, a visit to her fellow bunny spirit Taylor Lowe’s art opening, and a sleepover at Hilton & Melva’s house in Ratty’s Landing. She made her own cupcakes & cream cheese frosting.
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The hard parts
I was talking to my sister Libby two or three months ago, and she said that it was hard because it looked like we are always on vacation and it’s always sunny in all our photos, and meanwhile it is rainy and cold in the PNW. I told her, you know boat life isn’t all…
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More visitors!
Near the end of March, Auntie Phoebe, Uncle Dave, and my cousin Katy came to visit us as part of their trip around New Zealand. They stayed on board with us for 5 nights. It was their first time on a sailboat, and I thought — how brave of them! They were so easy to…
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Paihia School part 2
I got a phone call on Wednesday morning a few weeks ago, and the woman was from Northland attendance. Imagine being called by the truant officer in another country! She asked, “why has Evi Luz Bailey not been coming to school?” I answered, “Well, I understood that we weren’t allowed, per visa restrictions”. She said,…
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Homeschooling part 2
After Ma left, we got back into a regular home schooling routine. We stayed in the marina for two weeks, and Riki worked hard every day on boat projects, replacing the lower diagonal shrouds, re-bedding cleats and chainplate covers, taking the gooseneck off so it could be adjusted by the riggers, replacing it again, re-running…
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Cruising with Po Po
We spent a week with my mom cruising in the Bay of Islands. We visited Motorohia, Moturua, and Waewaetorea islands. We went for morning skinny dips in clear blue water, hiked around Moturua and saw a new bird (a tomtit), snorkeled, and went paddle boarding. We played mah jong and Wizard cards. We had friends…
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Road trippin’ with Po Po
My mom (aka Po Po, or grandmother on your mother’s side in Cantonese) arrived on January 28th to visit us for 5 weeks! Yay! She brought us 2 full duffel bags full of goodies. We went on a 3 week road trip to the South Island in our old Toyota minivan. The van did great…
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Tomu turns 10!
We drove to Whangarei (one hour drive) on Friday January 26th to celebrate Tomu’s birthday at an indoor trampoline place, then we had a picnic with friends at a park.
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Resourcefulness
One day after playing the game Loot with Isobel on SV Due South, Tomu, Jade and Luz decided to make their own Loot game. They drew all the merchant ships and pirate ships. Then Tomu decided to make Stratego. Tomu and Jade also have been making their own Pokemon cards. It’s fun to play with…
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