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Bonking Trees at the Hikoku’a Archaeological Site

Our new friends, the family that treated us at their home/restaurant on Sunday invited us to go for a trip by jeep…

A birthday in the tropics for Dailin

Last night was Dailin’s birthday and we celebrated with a few of the families we love from this beautiful island…

Many colors and flavors of the South Pacific

Monday morning the missionaries on the island met us and asked if we would like to do laundry at the place…

Welcome to the savage island of Nuku Hiva

Today like so many days since our journey I am in awe of the beauties and gifts life has to…

Photos from the month of May!

Click here to see some pictures on Facebook Also, here’s a note from Norm:   We are enjoying our second week…

A video and some pictures

Pharmacy Trip – Desperation

After just over two days of nono bites Kirsten was going absolutely crazy. It all started with our trip to…

Finding a camera on the ocean floor, Hiva Oa

Today we have done a ton. This morning we woke up planning on leaving and Piva brought us fresh Baguettes…

Swimming in the ocean!

Video – swimming in the middle of the Pacific Ocean We had a fun time swimming in the ocean:  …

An Idyllic Island Escape

Just as the sun was breaking through the morning rain clouds our friend  Pifa, was calling  from the shore. We…

Is Hanatekuua Bay Paradise?

 We took a day trip to Hanatekuua Bay. This little bay was only a 20 minute motor from our current…

Can’t Pull up the Anchor!

Have you ever wanted to go somewhere and things have just gotten in the way and prevented you from going?…

Adventure in Paradise

After doing our laundry at a friend’s house, we dropped mom off at the boat to hang everything to dry…

A Simple Little Church

Our friend Robert that met us two days earlier and also picked us up on Saturday came and helped arrange…

Hiva Oa – Marquesas

Atuona is the main city on Hiva Oa which is well known for being the home to the Paul Gauguin…

Land Ho! Hiva Oa, Marquesas, French Polynesia

 After a very long day we finally arrived at Hiva Oa, in the Marquesas Islands! Because we had not be…

Day 21 Ready for Landfall and Breaking up the Monotony

After cleaning out Eli and Orin’s room yesterday we discovered a few items we forgot that we had included with…

Deep Clean and Rocky Haircuts

We have been on such a good and steady course that seems to be zipping us along to the Marquesas…

20 Stinky Fish

Last night as I was on watch I had the most busy flying fish evening ever. I think we must…

Dolphins welcome us across the equator

As I step into the cock pit I smile at my days work flapping wildly on the clothes lines. Funny…

Mermaid Call and Pirate Flag

This morning we were all so excited to cross the equator around 8am that we slept through the momentous occasion. I think…

Sleeping with a Fish

Just the other day in my blog I talked about the dilemma of sleeping with the hatch of my room…

200 Gallons of Glorious Water

The day started out as a rather calm day. Through the night we made some good headway South but by…

To Leave the Hatch Open or Not Open? That is the Question!

One thing I deliberate over constantly is, should I leave my bedroom hatch open or not. Should I leave the…

Halfway There Celebration Dinner – April 30, 2013

Here is our Halfway there celebration Spaghetti dinner! 13 days down a bunch more to go! Oh the movies and…

Stopping to Swim

  This afternoon the water was calm and the sun was out. There was no wind to move us in…

Our First Storm Experience

Squall! Today started calm. When I took my night watch at 3am the wind was blowing less then 7 knots.…

Monsoon Winds

April 29th was the scariest day of our journey so far. It was a day after we discovered that our…

Magic and Mishaps on the Water

Today we had more good and not as good news. One reason will be that this blog will be very…

A Soppy Mess

The turbulent waters of the past two days were not the only rough part of the day. In the afternoon…