It is a calm day and we are enjoying a glassy flat sea.
As we were leaving the pass this afternoon we were trolling and got a bite! Within 30 seconds I had the fishing rod in hand and the battle was on. Then out of everywhere sharks attacked with a giant splashing of fins and tails. The fishing line screamed, then went slack. The fish and the lure were in the sharks bellies!!
Now we are enjoying a wonderful sunset, and by tomorrow maybe even a little wind!
Courage
Thursday, October 16, 2014
Hot Weather -
We are melting in Beveridge reef!! Nice snorkel and swim this morning, good rain last night, so we bathed everyone today. We made a slide on our back swim steps with an upside down paddle board and had some fun with the kids.
Integrity earned his ipad today by finishing reading his first chapter book. He's very pleased with himself.
Our thermometer read 100 degrees on the front dash (which gets some reflective heat also), there's almost no breeze, and a few of our fans are broken!! It's HOT!! But it's beautiful and nice. We've pulled out our squirt bottles and are spraying the fresh and colder rainwater at each other to cool down. There's no wind, the ocean was glassy! When there's wind, we will likely be heading off to Nuie, which sounds like cool caves, etc. to explore!
Shannon
Integrity earned his ipad today by finishing reading his first chapter book. He's very pleased with himself.
Our thermometer read 100 degrees on the front dash (which gets some reflective heat also), there's almost no breeze, and a few of our fans are broken!! It's HOT!! But it's beautiful and nice. We've pulled out our squirt bottles and are spraying the fresh and colder rainwater at each other to cool down. There's no wind, the ocean was glassy! When there's wind, we will likely be heading off to Nuie, which sounds like cool caves, etc. to explore!
Shannon
Great Snorkel Day -
We had a great snorkel today at the reef. The winds have changed, so we moved to another part of the anchorage. The reef was very alive and had lots of schools of fish at the second one we went to. Saw a couple of sharks, tons of jacks, some groupers, sea urchins, etc. We found a few areas of sand on the reef and were able to stand. Only land you can stand on, but it was 2 feet deep or so and the waves coming over it would push you over, risking hitting the coral or other sharp things, so we didn't stand at Beveridge reef for long.
We also washed 2 loads of laundry (some rainwater and some watermaking). It will be nice to have lots of fresh clothes, bedding, and things.
The guys are calling for dinner, so I'm off. Also have to take in the second load of laundry before the squall on the horizon hits. But it's a neat place. From my understanding, it's the death of an island. How the Tuamotus will look in x number of years from now.
Shannon
We also washed 2 loads of laundry (some rainwater and some watermaking). It will be nice to have lots of fresh clothes, bedding, and things.
The guys are calling for dinner, so I'm off. Also have to take in the second load of laundry before the squall on the horizon hits. But it's a neat place. From my understanding, it's the death of an island. How the Tuamotus will look in x number of years from now.
Shannon
Palmerston Island -
Palmerston Island was an interesting island in the Cook Island chain. They have no airport, but do have a supply boat that comes every 3-4 months (apparently give or take). Their history goes back to the 1800's where their great, great grandfather (I don't know how many generations back) married 3 women (I believe from Penryhn, another Cook Island). There are now 3 families on the island, 61 people total. They have 16 house structures. They live on a little inland and have 4 roads that make a square throughout the island. They were much more developed than most other remote islands we've been to. They have a very nice schoolhouse with multiple rooms for their 23 students. It has a volleyball court, a playground with climbing structures and trampolines, and an indoor/outdoor arena area. They have 3 full time teachers, and 3 part time teachers.
Most of the teachers are locals, but one is a woman from England. Her father was shipwrecked on this island in 1954. He was here for 9 months repairing his ship. They helped him and hosted him during his stay. He had a best friend on this island with whom he continued to communicate until he died. She came to see the island and brought his ashes to bury him next to his friend. She then decided to stay and because she's a special education teacher, and there's a student with ADHD here, she was given a grant to stay for 3 years. She's really been enjoying it. Fascinating story.
There is a nurse on the island from Fiji. She orders supplies, can test blood sugar, cholesterol and basic vital signs. She manages all patients on the island unless she needs to transfer out. They can't do it by helicopter, but they send a boat. She has about 24 hours to manage a patient that she thinks needs transfer until transportation arrives. Not promising for a heart attack or stroke. She has transferred a diabetic foot infection causing sepsis and an acute gallbladder. Things she could improve/treat, then wait. Good for her, and I'm sure her liability isn't too terrible with her limited resources, but it's a lot to take on if things get bad!
The islanders live mostly on collected rainwater and it hadn't rained in a couple of months, but there is also a well that they can use, they water gardens with, etc. and can boil it to drink it if necessary. They have a generator for the town, it runs 6 am - noon and 6 pm - midnight. One family had 9 freezers. I wouldn't be surprised if that was similar across the board. They get foods from New Zealand for months at a time. And they catch parrot fish on the reef to export when the supply ship comes, which they fill the freezers with in the weeks before it's arrival. They get $10/kg for them. The boat then sells them for about $16/kg in Rarotunga. Most family's also have a generator in case they need more power. Their houses were made of brick and concrete for the most part. They have a solar program going sponsored by humanitarian work of New Zealand mostly, some from the Cook Islands. That is nice. They said they spend $28,000 on fuel for the generator per year. They do get money from the Cook Island government based on their population, infrastructure and services, etc. He said this year they got about $350,000, which is about $5,000 per person, which is in-line with other industrialized nations. It's fascinating to me how these economies work. I understand catching fish, but that doesn't explain the imported chicken and ice cream and 9 freezers from New Zealand! Each child gets a stipend. Each adult over 60 also gets a retirement check. Then there's many government paid positions, like the teachers, and the administrator of the government, and Courage said there was a police officer?? And so it works.
Rarotunga apparently makes 90% of it's income on a VAT tax, and 8% on income taxes. I just don't see that they are producing what they are consuming, so I am fascinated at the sustainability of it all. But, they are living more meager than most, certainly planning ahead longer than most people do!! They were wonderful people and very hospitable!!
The pass was crazy!! It was narrow and often had breaking waves across it. Of course the waves come and go in size, but we took it with our dinghy once, and that was enough. We would not have made it back out without their escorting us with their bigger metal boats. You have to come in full speed riding a wave, pointing at a channel marker dead on. Just before the channel marker, take about a 45 degree turn left into a 10 foot wide coral lined channel. Then at least you were out of the breakers, but there was a reef in the middle of the channel. Then you must turn sharp right at the final channel marker. The first time, we ALMOST hit a reef at the end! I was front row to it and wondered if I should/could say something. Finally the guy next to me, a local, started hollaring. We turned at the last second. I thought it was too late to miss it and I cringed for the impact, but somehow, we missed it!!
We were tied up on a mooring ball, which was nice since it was all coral bottom, not good to anchor on/in. Anchor won't hold, if it does, it gets stuck, and it whacks up a bunch of coral. Courage dove on it, and one of the shackles was wearing very thin. It was big and we didn't have another one to replace it. He tied a rope to span it so at least it was a back up plan if the shackle failed. There was a shipwreck from 2011 here, RiRi from Philadelphia. Apparently they tied onto the mooring with a single line and as they rocked back and forth, it sawed through the line. It was 3 am that they washed up. They called on the radio, locals went out and got them, they got the boat off in the morning, but it was torn up on the side. It's shell is still there onshore. Reminder to trust nothing and be careful!!
All in all, it was a very interesting visit. We attended their church, they hosted us for an excellent lunch of terryaki chicken and rice and squash, etc. We paid money for our government fees, but we paid them in gasoline for the mooring ball, which they were very happy for. I also made them a new umbrella cover. Sewing is not my forte, but they had a weathered and torn up cover for their umbrella stand that a young guy from Ireland was going to replace. He billed himself as a sailmaker and didn't want to pay for his mooring ball since he thought money was the root of all evil (a long and fascinating conversation). He then gave it back to them, said he didn't have time to do it, and left. They were looking very forward to it since it was for the school or something. So, I found some cloth I had and sewed a copy of it as best I could. It was a touch small, so I had to add a patch to make it fit, but once it was done and on the stand, it looked great! Patch and all. I told them it wouldn't be professional looking, but it would keep the sun out. Always new challenges out here. Different people need different things. It was fun to see if I could do it. And after all of their hospitality, it's the least I could do!
Shannon
Most of the teachers are locals, but one is a woman from England. Her father was shipwrecked on this island in 1954. He was here for 9 months repairing his ship. They helped him and hosted him during his stay. He had a best friend on this island with whom he continued to communicate until he died. She came to see the island and brought his ashes to bury him next to his friend. She then decided to stay and because she's a special education teacher, and there's a student with ADHD here, she was given a grant to stay for 3 years. She's really been enjoying it. Fascinating story.
There is a nurse on the island from Fiji. She orders supplies, can test blood sugar, cholesterol and basic vital signs. She manages all patients on the island unless she needs to transfer out. They can't do it by helicopter, but they send a boat. She has about 24 hours to manage a patient that she thinks needs transfer until transportation arrives. Not promising for a heart attack or stroke. She has transferred a diabetic foot infection causing sepsis and an acute gallbladder. Things she could improve/treat, then wait. Good for her, and I'm sure her liability isn't too terrible with her limited resources, but it's a lot to take on if things get bad!
The islanders live mostly on collected rainwater and it hadn't rained in a couple of months, but there is also a well that they can use, they water gardens with, etc. and can boil it to drink it if necessary. They have a generator for the town, it runs 6 am - noon and 6 pm - midnight. One family had 9 freezers. I wouldn't be surprised if that was similar across the board. They get foods from New Zealand for months at a time. And they catch parrot fish on the reef to export when the supply ship comes, which they fill the freezers with in the weeks before it's arrival. They get $10/kg for them. The boat then sells them for about $16/kg in Rarotunga. Most family's also have a generator in case they need more power. Their houses were made of brick and concrete for the most part. They have a solar program going sponsored by humanitarian work of New Zealand mostly, some from the Cook Islands. That is nice. They said they spend $28,000 on fuel for the generator per year. They do get money from the Cook Island government based on their population, infrastructure and services, etc. He said this year they got about $350,000, which is about $5,000 per person, which is in-line with other industrialized nations. It's fascinating to me how these economies work. I understand catching fish, but that doesn't explain the imported chicken and ice cream and 9 freezers from New Zealand! Each child gets a stipend. Each adult over 60 also gets a retirement check. Then there's many government paid positions, like the teachers, and the administrator of the government, and Courage said there was a police officer?? And so it works.
Rarotunga apparently makes 90% of it's income on a VAT tax, and 8% on income taxes. I just don't see that they are producing what they are consuming, so I am fascinated at the sustainability of it all. But, they are living more meager than most, certainly planning ahead longer than most people do!! They were wonderful people and very hospitable!!
The pass was crazy!! It was narrow and often had breaking waves across it. Of course the waves come and go in size, but we took it with our dinghy once, and that was enough. We would not have made it back out without their escorting us with their bigger metal boats. You have to come in full speed riding a wave, pointing at a channel marker dead on. Just before the channel marker, take about a 45 degree turn left into a 10 foot wide coral lined channel. Then at least you were out of the breakers, but there was a reef in the middle of the channel. Then you must turn sharp right at the final channel marker. The first time, we ALMOST hit a reef at the end! I was front row to it and wondered if I should/could say something. Finally the guy next to me, a local, started hollaring. We turned at the last second. I thought it was too late to miss it and I cringed for the impact, but somehow, we missed it!!
We were tied up on a mooring ball, which was nice since it was all coral bottom, not good to anchor on/in. Anchor won't hold, if it does, it gets stuck, and it whacks up a bunch of coral. Courage dove on it, and one of the shackles was wearing very thin. It was big and we didn't have another one to replace it. He tied a rope to span it so at least it was a back up plan if the shackle failed. There was a shipwreck from 2011 here, RiRi from Philadelphia. Apparently they tied onto the mooring with a single line and as they rocked back and forth, it sawed through the line. It was 3 am that they washed up. They called on the radio, locals went out and got them, they got the boat off in the morning, but it was torn up on the side. It's shell is still there onshore. Reminder to trust nothing and be careful!!
All in all, it was a very interesting visit. We attended their church, they hosted us for an excellent lunch of terryaki chicken and rice and squash, etc. We paid money for our government fees, but we paid them in gasoline for the mooring ball, which they were very happy for. I also made them a new umbrella cover. Sewing is not my forte, but they had a weathered and torn up cover for their umbrella stand that a young guy from Ireland was going to replace. He billed himself as a sailmaker and didn't want to pay for his mooring ball since he thought money was the root of all evil (a long and fascinating conversation). He then gave it back to them, said he didn't have time to do it, and left. They were looking very forward to it since it was for the school or something. So, I found some cloth I had and sewed a copy of it as best I could. It was a touch small, so I had to add a patch to make it fit, but once it was done and on the stand, it looked great! Patch and all. I told them it wouldn't be professional looking, but it would keep the sun out. Always new challenges out here. Different people need different things. It was fun to see if I could do it. And after all of their hospitality, it's the least I could do!
Shannon
From Palmerston to Beveridge Reef
We had a nice crossing from Palmerston to Beveridge Reef. The first day we had one of our better days of travel. We were at a broad reach (winds at 90 degrees to the boat) with our mainsail double reefed and our genoa out, which is the "fullest" sail we can do at this point due to issues with our track, etc. The wind was 20-25 knots and it was new, so the swell hadn't built up huge yet. We moved nicely despite our anchor being down (see Courage's explaination for this). The wind was slowly dying and coming around behind us yesterday and today, so our travel wasn't as fast, but we made it nicely in.
We caught a fish just outside the reef. As soon as we heard the reel go, we ran back, slowed down, and pulled it in. Apparently we only caught a head! Who knew!! It looks like we caught a jack and it was eaten by a shark before we got it. We tried again, and this time we pulled in a large red snapper (we think). This time, we got the whole thing!! It was great, we had it for dinner. Inside the reef, we also caught a tiny little jack that we threw back.
We are now in Beveridge Reef. It's interesting and very nice. Just a reef, only has land at high tide. At low tide, just surrounded by waves. We are anchored in sand about 10 feet deep just off of a shipwreck on the reef. It's a fishing boat named Liberty I think. The boys went and checked it out and LOVED it!! Integrity climbed on the roof, etc. But it's filled with sea urchins, so exploring inside it is less desirable. Cassidy and Courage went out snorkeling in 3 different places, said it was great, saw a HUGE puffer fish, and found a very old sunken wreck that I'll try to snorkel on tomorrow. I'm a little under the weather with a cold, so I stayed home and made dinner and cookies while they explored. There are 3 boats here, one came yesterday, we arrived from Palmerston today along with another boat. There was a third French boat traveling Palmerston to Beveridge, but they should have been here by now. We had a nice visit with them on their boat the night before we all left, we are assuming they chose to go to Tonga while there are still winds.
The boys (and Cassidy) also fed the fish remains to the local sharks. They tie meat and bones onto a rope and "catch" the shark, play with it until it eats the meat. They even were able to pull a couple of them completely out of the water. Got some good shark pictures I think.
It's been interesting at the reef so far, and we have a few more days here. The other boat here got a weather information that there's a trough passing over the area Sunday - Wednesday, which makes the wind blow onshore to Nuie, which is not ideal. So, we weren't going to stay that long, but we may if the weather isn't perfect for Nuie. We also heard on the net this morning that Nuie is going to pull up all but 3 of their mooring balls for hurricane season. Not good, it's deep to anchor and coral with not good holding. The other boat here emailed them, told them 3 of us are coming this week. They wrote back that they have 5 boats there now and a supply ship coming Sunday. But their SCUBA divers who pull up the moorings which are 100+ feet deep are going on vacation so have to do it now. They said they'd try to leave more of their shallow moorings in. We shall see . . . Courage is thinking that those 5 boats will leave if this is really a trough coming and lasting through Wednesday, they'll be miserable. We will wait and see how it works out. Sounds like an interesting island with caves, staligmites, staligtites, etc. rather than sandy beaches. Different than we've been seeing.
That's it for now. Palmerston was interesting too. Will have to sum that up for you sometime also!
All is well for now,
Shannon
We caught a fish just outside the reef. As soon as we heard the reel go, we ran back, slowed down, and pulled it in. Apparently we only caught a head! Who knew!! It looks like we caught a jack and it was eaten by a shark before we got it. We tried again, and this time we pulled in a large red snapper (we think). This time, we got the whole thing!! It was great, we had it for dinner. Inside the reef, we also caught a tiny little jack that we threw back.
We are now in Beveridge Reef. It's interesting and very nice. Just a reef, only has land at high tide. At low tide, just surrounded by waves. We are anchored in sand about 10 feet deep just off of a shipwreck on the reef. It's a fishing boat named Liberty I think. The boys went and checked it out and LOVED it!! Integrity climbed on the roof, etc. But it's filled with sea urchins, so exploring inside it is less desirable. Cassidy and Courage went out snorkeling in 3 different places, said it was great, saw a HUGE puffer fish, and found a very old sunken wreck that I'll try to snorkel on tomorrow. I'm a little under the weather with a cold, so I stayed home and made dinner and cookies while they explored. There are 3 boats here, one came yesterday, we arrived from Palmerston today along with another boat. There was a third French boat traveling Palmerston to Beveridge, but they should have been here by now. We had a nice visit with them on their boat the night before we all left, we are assuming they chose to go to Tonga while there are still winds.
The boys (and Cassidy) also fed the fish remains to the local sharks. They tie meat and bones onto a rope and "catch" the shark, play with it until it eats the meat. They even were able to pull a couple of them completely out of the water. Got some good shark pictures I think.
It's been interesting at the reef so far, and we have a few more days here. The other boat here got a weather information that there's a trough passing over the area Sunday - Wednesday, which makes the wind blow onshore to Nuie, which is not ideal. So, we weren't going to stay that long, but we may if the weather isn't perfect for Nuie. We also heard on the net this morning that Nuie is going to pull up all but 3 of their mooring balls for hurricane season. Not good, it's deep to anchor and coral with not good holding. The other boat here emailed them, told them 3 of us are coming this week. They wrote back that they have 5 boats there now and a supply ship coming Sunday. But their SCUBA divers who pull up the moorings which are 100+ feet deep are going on vacation so have to do it now. They said they'd try to leave more of their shallow moorings in. We shall see . . . Courage is thinking that those 5 boats will leave if this is really a trough coming and lasting through Wednesday, they'll be miserable. We will wait and see how it works out. Sounds like an interesting island with caves, staligmites, staligtites, etc. rather than sandy beaches. Different than we've been seeing.
That's it for now. Palmerston was interesting too. Will have to sum that up for you sometime also!
All is well for now,
Shannon
Beverage Reef -
What a wonderful hideout! Beautiful diving with fantastic visibility! Plenty of sharks which are indicative of a healthy reef eco-system. Now I always thought that I would be very uncomfortable diving with sharks circling around. But I find that I have become quite comfortable with diving with sharks. The only time that I don't want to see a shark is when I am hunting for fish. Otherwise it is quite pleasant to see them cruising about.
The weather seems to be telling us to stay here for a little while, so expect more details soon!!!
Courage
The weather seems to be telling us to stay here for a little while, so expect more details soon!!!
Courage
Special Reef of Beverage
We are on our way to the special reef of Beverage. It is just a circular reef with a beautiful lagoon of white sand to anchor in. There is only land at low tide! But I hear the lobsters are incredible, and the diving is perfect!!
So when we were leaving Palmerston there were a couple of interesting things that happened. When you tie up to one of their moorings they request/require you to lower your anchor to just off the bottom so that if the mooring fails your anchor might hook something before you wash up on the reef. The concept is good, but in actuality an anchor with no scope has a limited possibility of hooking anything. Anyway early on our departure morning I slipped the mooring lines off and let the offshore breeze slowly push us out to sea. Shannon saw a Dorado jump clean out of the water so we put out or lures, hoisted the sails and enjoyed a fresh breeze! The wind picked up to 25 knots and we had a great time surfing the swells. That evening though as I was laying in bed trying to fall asleep I remembered that the anchor was still down!!! Now all I have to do is find a way to blame it on Cassidy or Wolf!
Until next time.
Courage
So when we were leaving Palmerston there were a couple of interesting things that happened. When you tie up to one of their moorings they request/require you to lower your anchor to just off the bottom so that if the mooring fails your anchor might hook something before you wash up on the reef. The concept is good, but in actuality an anchor with no scope has a limited possibility of hooking anything. Anyway early on our departure morning I slipped the mooring lines off and let the offshore breeze slowly push us out to sea. Shannon saw a Dorado jump clean out of the water so we put out or lures, hoisted the sails and enjoyed a fresh breeze! The wind picked up to 25 knots and we had a great time surfing the swells. That evening though as I was laying in bed trying to fall asleep I remembered that the anchor was still down!!! Now all I have to do is find a way to blame it on Cassidy or Wolf!
Until next time.
Courage
Tuesday, October 7, 2014
Shooting the Pass
So there is this super narrow 10' wide, shallow 3' deep, and super wiggly, pass that leads into the atoll. When you arrive one of the three local families host you. And they take you in and out through the pass with their high-speed aluminum boat. Today I decided to try it myself. I put all the children into lifejackets, (did I mention there are giant breaking waves also?) and shot over to the pass, all looked good so I started zipping right on in. All was well except that the tiny pass ended with just white water flowing off the reefs, and a set of white rapids where I remembered that the pass was supposed to be. I spun the dingy around only to find that the waves were starting to return and the inlet was filled with a large wave. With nowhere else to go we shot the wave! All the children thought it was fun. For me, not so much.
Then later this afternoon just Integrity and I went over, and with the tide being lower the coral edges of the pass were easy to locate and we entered without incident! After that I ferried in the entire family.
Now came the fun part! leaving! It was a few hours later, and the tide was in again. The big waves were about 12 feet high! Our host said he would take the family, so just Cassidy and I were in the dingy. When we got to the pass these huge waves were rolling in the whole length of the pass and into the lagoon. Both of us quickly reversed our way back up the channel to where we could handle the rollers without flooding! After about 5 minutes of waiting the host boat motor stalled. They were being quickly sucked into the rollers. Fortunately they were able to get it re-started. I was glad I had a Honda outboard! We finally shot the pass on the heels of the host boat only going airborne once. What a ride!
Courage
Then later this afternoon just Integrity and I went over, and with the tide being lower the coral edges of the pass were easy to locate and we entered without incident! After that I ferried in the entire family.
Now came the fun part! leaving! It was a few hours later, and the tide was in again. The big waves were about 12 feet high! Our host said he would take the family, so just Cassidy and I were in the dingy. When we got to the pass these huge waves were rolling in the whole length of the pass and into the lagoon. Both of us quickly reversed our way back up the channel to where we could handle the rollers without flooding! After about 5 minutes of waiting the host boat motor stalled. They were being quickly sucked into the rollers. Fortunately they were able to get it re-started. I was glad I had a Honda outboard! We finally shot the pass on the heels of the host boat only going airborne once. What a ride!
Courage
Monday, October 6, 2014
Sweet Times -
So yesterday I went down to grab some fish for dinner. Fortunately there were plenty of big fish to choose from, and the sharks were all small. We had two nice fresh fish for dinner that Shannon prepared expertly with her special ingredients.
While I was diving I went over and untangled our anchor from the coral, then swam over to the mooring. One of the shackles on the mooring started out with a 3/4" pin, but had corroded down to almost nothing (maybe an 1/8" inch). So I will be trying to repair the mooring this afternoon so that I don't have to spend another sleepless night wondering if we had broken free!
Church was wonderful with beautiful singing, and wonderful people. The women all wear hats, and both men and women all dress in their Sunday best!
Afterwards we had a nice lunch with our host family! Lovin' it down here!
Courage
While I was diving I went over and untangled our anchor from the coral, then swam over to the mooring. One of the shackles on the mooring started out with a 3/4" pin, but had corroded down to almost nothing (maybe an 1/8" inch). So I will be trying to repair the mooring this afternoon so that I don't have to spend another sleepless night wondering if we had broken free!
Church was wonderful with beautiful singing, and wonderful people. The women all wear hats, and both men and women all dress in their Sunday best!
Afterwards we had a nice lunch with our host family! Lovin' it down here!
Courage
Sunday, October 5, 2014
Palmerston -
The upside down hull of a cruising boat that washed up on the reef makes a great play area. And is a grim reminder of the unforgiving nature of the coral reef. Back in 2011 the sail boat Riri chafed through its mooring line and washed up on the reef at 3am. It was a total loss. And the locals pulled the shattered hull up onto the shore, inverted it, and use it now as a play area.
There is a schoolteacher here, as there are about 40 children. She is from England and her father shipwrecked on Palmerston back in the 1950's. Her father was one of the original cruisers! Her father got married late in life (very late and she was born when he was 70! There are so many stories out here!!
Well it is off to their little church for us. Should be fascinating!
Courage
There is a schoolteacher here, as there are about 40 children. She is from England and her father shipwrecked on Palmerston back in the 1950's. Her father was one of the original cruisers! Her father got married late in life (very late and she was born when he was 70! There are so many stories out here!!
Well it is off to their little church for us. Should be fascinating!
Courage
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