Looks like Thursday (Wed, US time). We rented the marina car and drove to Whangarei for a final provision trip. Mostly vegetables and a little meat (notably smoked ham hocks for our traditional first day out bean and ham stew in the pressure cooker).

So…we’re more than ready. Ann’s been cooking and we have banana bread, boiled eggs, pasta salad (for the midnight watch) and cookie dough that will turn into fresh cookies at the drop of a hat! We also have our menu for the first four or five days. Mostly bland kinda pasta stuff as we get used to the passage again. Not fun to try and cook something monumental when you’re not used to the motion.

After the first four or five days, we’ll wing it. Maybe we’ll even catch a fish!

So, day after tomorrow. Following a little front that’s moving through. We’re raring to go. One more day and counting.