One of many, many beautiful sunsets at sea.

I can’t believe we have been out here for seven days already. Time is flying! I know that we’ve shared bits of this journey with you in Bob’s evening blogs but I thought I would share some highlights and lowlights. I will share lowlights first.

Lowlights: Light wind! We have had one night and one afternoon where the wind is just not cooperating. That means on watch you actually have to sit at the helm and steer or constantly adjust the Monitor. Not the worst job, just frustrating. Luckily only Bob has seen a 0.00 knots reading. I think my lowest has been 1.7.

Distance to Way Point Reading. On the Navpod at the helm our DTW (Distance to Way Point) indicator is unable to record more than a 1000 miles. So every time you come on watch it STILL says 1000. Can’t wait to see that start going down! (As of this moment, it’s 2049 miles to go out of 2648 when we started)

Poop Deck. Unfortunately as Bob mentioned our pet Boobies are not potty trained. You’d think with this huge ocean right next to the boat they could use it. Alas, every morning includes cleaning the dodger and the deck of poop.

Last of the lettuce. Tonight we will be using the last of our lettuce. Onto cabbage salads.

Lack of Fish. We just had a false alarm on the hand line and hope that now that we are picking up speed we will soon catch dinner.

Constant contact with family and friends. We are becoming weaned from the ready contact we are so used to due to internet accessibility. But we LOVE the comments coming in on the blog. Nice to stay connected. We have lots of thinking time and our friends and family rank high in there. We hope you all have a wonderful Easter!

Highlights: Sitting on our “front porch” enjoying the late afternoon sun. We were sitting on the cabin top the other day just watching the waves (the water is so gloriously blue!) and the boobies and the sun. It really is romantic!

Watching the full moon setting as the sun is rising behind your back. I never realized you could see both at one time. I guess you just need enough horizon.

Radio Check In. We have made it our routine to finish dinner and have the dishes done in time to catch the 0200 Zulu (8 pm) radio check in. It is amazing that we can hear boats as far away as the Marquesas! Three boats in the Puddle Jump 2012 Class have already made landfall with a possible fourth tonight. These boats left in mid-March. It’s fun to listen to peoples positions too and hear them crossing the equator. Also fun to listen as the last of our friends jump off and join the fun.

Dinner. Not that I thought that Bob’s great cooking would wane on the open ocean, but we have been eating like royalty. No fish yet, but plenty of good food. And I have contributed too! I have made yogurt every few days and bread! Free Spirit Dave gave us a fabulous recipe that provided a loaf of bread one night and the second half became pizza dough last night! And our lettuce has held up beautifully so we have had lovely salads. Time together. Our watch system is working really well. We are getting 4-5 hours of sleep during nighttime watches and a nap in the day and best of all, early evenings are time to just enjoy this adventure together!

Weather. We are in t-shirts and shorts during the day, sweaters at night. The water is getting warmer every day!