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God is good
On Wednesday before we left Savusavu we were walking home from Anjana’s house, when we stopped to get ice cream. Her brother Devan insisted on buying the kids ice cream cones. Luz dropped the ice cream off her cone almost immediately, and she started to cry. Tomu just handed her his cone, without saying anything.… Read more
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First few weeks in Fiji
Fiji is a special place for Riki and I — we met in Savusavu in July 2012. We also cruised in Fiji for 10 months on Riki’s old boat, SV Guava Jelly, in 2014-2015 when Tomu was a baby. It feels like a treat to come back to Fiji. The people are so kind here.… Read more
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Opua, NZ to Savusavu, Fiji
It took us exactly 6 days to sail to North Minerva Reef. The first few days were pretty mellow as far as waves and wind — I was even playing Doppelkopf (a German card game) with the kids down below. I used half a patch of Scopolamine for sea-sickness, and I gave the kids each… Read more
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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… Read more
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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… Read more
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