Ann and Bob just enjoying Moorea

Jerry has hit it spot on- that what some of these days are about (or should be about) is just doing little things exceptionally well and “in the moment”.

Today, I did napping exceptionally well.

OK, prior to the napping we took the dinghy way out to the barrier reef and snorkeled for an hour, then came back to Charisma and scrubbed the waterline and the barnacles that have collected on the underwater metal parts like the rudder hinges and propeller strut. That took about an hour and a half of hard scrubbing in the water so, yeah, I did a really good nap.

After that nap, Ann and I each took a shower (on deck-she with the solar shower, me with our teapot) and then in preparation for having some friends over for cocktails–I took another nap. This one in the quarterberth. The previous one was just on deck, but the sun was getting too intense around 1500 to nap on deck. Ann made cookies. Exceptionally well. I know ’cause I got to lick the spoon.

So, peeling potatoes. No adventure, just enjoying the day.

This evening we had a delightful time hosting “Ladybug”-a couple from Canada in a Coast 34 (Chris and Rani) and Vicky from “Inspiration At Sea”, a Hans Christian 38. We swapped lies as they say, for 3-4 hours and they rowed home in the moonlight. Fortunately we had leftover stew which we heated up and just finished. I’m going to post this note and go up in the cockpit and enjoy the beautiful night-our last in Moorea.

We’re leaving tomorrow. There’s a storm of sorts coming in late tomorrow. Doesn’t seem to be packing a lot of wind, but it’s supposed to rain for a while. Depending on who you talk to anywhere from a few hours to three days. My take from last night’s grib files is about 12 hours from Sunday evening into Monday sometime. We’ll see. I just hope it waits until we’re snugged back in at the Quay (the floating dock downtown) in Papeete.