Go Imagine Go!!

Kellie's Comments Go Imagine Go!! I figure a little encouragement never hurts. Currently we are making pretty good time so it must be working. We've had clouds and rain off and on for several days now. There is a stormy area about 1000 miles south of us which is maybe giving us some clouds and moderate wind. The clouds are a bit of a blessing as it keeps the temp in the 80's instead of the 90's. The wind is perfect to have another good mile day. We have 600 miles to go and are hoping to make it by Thursday.

Pete is celebrating his birthday today. It will be bit hard to make it special, but I'll make some dessert and we have some decorations. Peter V is still quite sick, so the sooner we get there the better. Carter is hanging in there great, but Ellie is really showing the strain. She is constantly acting up and is refusing to do any school. I'm tired but managing to cook, clean up a bit, think up activities for the kids and read a bit. I've also been asked to be the net controller for a single side band radio net for puddle jumpers. In English, that means that every day 11:30 all the boats crossing from Mx to the Marquesas come on the radio, give their positions and have brief conversations with each other. It is helpful to have one boat "control" the discussions, as it's confusing to have multiple boats on the same station. People end up talking over each other otherwise. Also the boats that have just left have a hard time hearing the boats that are almost there, so it's nice to have someone relay communications. We seem to hear everyone so I was nominated. I like being on the radio, it's something to do, so no problem.

I'm running out of original meal ideas. I'm trying to keep it interesting, as there is not much else to look forward to. I think I've run through my creative options and am now just going for easy. I canned some chicken and beef before we left. It's excellent. When it's rough, it's nice to heat up some sauce, pour it over the already cooked meat and viola, dinner. I did manage some tuna and rice last night, but since we were healed over about 15 degrees, I skipped the coleslaw. I figure chopping cabbage in the rough conditions was more dangerous than skipping a vegetable at that meal. We had oranges for dessert, since they are going bad. I still have potatoes, carrots, apples, cabbage and some tomatoes & kiwis. Not bad for almost 3 weeks out. I'm obsessing about a caesar salad, hope I can get some lettuce in the islands.