ON OUR WAY TO BORA BORA

The sun began heating up the cabin this morning before we even got out of bed. The kids asked for breakfast as another incentive to get moving. We've been dallying around Tahaa and Raiatea for longer than we had planned, so everything pointed towards a trip to Bora Bora today.

After surviving the rain on the quay for several days, we started to come out of hiding and think about moving back to the motu. We did a few chores in the morning and one last shopping trip before moving. By the time we finished, six more boats were lined up to take our place on the waterfront. We weren't the only ones to come out of hiding after the rain. Since several of the boats had kids aboard, our kids begged to stay, so we rafted up all the boats two and three deep all along the quay and had one last dock party. Wednesday morning dawned sunny, so the birthday party for Dolphins' Helen and Sophie went ahead as planned. Like a parade, we all moved off the dock and anchored at the beach. The rain held off long enough to have a wonderful party with tug of war for the kids and great food for the grown ups. Ellie gave out first around 9:00 and the rain hit us full force as we dinghied back to the boat. We held off leaving for Bora BOra on Thurs because of the rain, and then Friday gave us another set of circumstances to delay our travel plans. I woke up with a headache and Pete found an open jar of jam spilling in the fridge. Pete can't tolerate sticky, so a half day project of rearranging the fridge and making more dividers ensued. We redeemed the day by zooming over to a sandy motu. Although no one was there, it was obvious that someone lived there. We had a brief session of imagining what it would be like to own a small idyllic tropical island.

No wind, great wind, wind on the nose, we had it all in the 20 mile trip to Bora Bora. No swell and moderate breezes made for a fast smooth middle part of the trip. Pete again expressed his longing for all sailing to be so perfect. We're currently anchored off a motu on the Bora Bora reef waiting for daylight to seek out some supposedly excellent snorkeling.

Again, we're discussing our plans both long term and short. So many choices make it difficult, but we seem to be getting the hang of things at the moment. Hopefully it will continue where ever our next passage takes us.

-Kellie