It was a pretty simple day. We got up late, dinghied into the dock, walked into town and bought some groceries. Four six packs of beer, four steaks, a pound bag of shrimp, bottle of white wine and some miscellaneous dry goods like mayonnaise, pate, crackers and a couple other things. $180. That’s why we loaded Charisma down with supplies back in Mexico. We have enough of the basic commodities to make it to New Zealand in November. In the mean time, we just resupply some of the perishables and things we didn’t anticipate we’d go through as much or as fast.

We did some walking, found an internet hot spot to check bank balances with. It might be fast enough to send a few pictures tomorrow, but we’re not sure. Today was a holiday, so no-one was around. We’ll see.

Ended the day going to cocktails with Orcinius to our friends from La Cruz on Bright Angel. Nice to see Bob and Linda. Then we all took two dinghies into the beach and hiked up the hill to The Pearl Lodge, which is a very nice restaurant/hotel up the hill from the beach. In fact it’s about the only one around on this island. Nice to just relax and have someone else cook dinner while we all caught up and told stories.

Dinghy ride back through the light surf. You always get at least a little wet going anywhere and this was no exception. Wet feet, shoes and butts all the way around getting the boat off the beach and into deep enough water to row out where we could start the outboard.

That’s it. We’re just bidding our time before tomorrow when we can get fuel and prepare to leave for the Tuamotus. Hopefully on Wed, but there’s a big low off New Zealand that might be throwing some weather and/or unfavorable swells toward our destination. We’ll see.