As seen in Tonga...dog taking pig for a walk

We heard that on the radio this morning. We’re out anchored by ourselves at a little island about 10 miles out of town, but we can still hear the morning radio net. One of the items was Monday Night Football at one of the restaurants. Who played? Who won? We are clearly out of sync.

We spent most of today doing “in-boat” stuff. It was an overcast, almost rainy kind of day. It ended up not raining, but it looked like it all day. It’s making up for not raining now, as it’s been raining since about 1800. Ann worked on cleaning out our food lockers and updating her inventory system. It’s really been somewhat of a miracle as the spreadsheet she developed on her iPad is still pretty accurate. So, we now know (for instance) that we have 7 rolls of toilet paper left. Also, we know we have 2 tins of tuna, etc, etc. This way we can get to New Zealand without buying expensive goods out here in the islands. Also there are many good New Zealand won’t let into the country including nuts and canned meat. We can now monitor these and either use them or donate them to the Tongans before we leave if need be.

I did…very little. Actually what I did was time consuming. I finally “processed” about a month’s worth of photos that we’ve been accumulating. Probably a thousand photos that needed to be tweaked for the best exposure and such and then filed. I also had to choose which ones to use to post on the blog and in Facebook for when (if?) we ever get a decent internet connection. We can’t wait to share them with you. I have selected about 100 pictures that help define the trip thus far.

So, that pretty much was our day. It’s supposed to be about the same for the next few days unfortunately. The grey skies don’t do justice to the beauty of these islands, so we are reluctant to move on and leave a place that we haven’t really “seen” in all its glory. However, we’ll need to leave this spot at Ofu tomorrow afternoon and find a more protected anchorage. Some of the weather forecasts are showing some potentially strong south winds, and this spot is really only protected up to southeast. Beyond that we have a reef right behind us that comes into play. So-tomorrow, we’ll visit the island and then look to leave by about 1500 for a more protected spot elsewhere.

And for those food junkies that follow us- we figured out naan bread today. We had it with homemade hummus and sautéed eggplant for dinner. Yummy!

Just remember; Keep clear of the Whiskey Bravos. Charisma, clear.