Monday, June 13, 2005

Journal Entry June 13, 2005 Preparing to Leave Nuku Hiva

Author: Pam

The day started with the plan to leave on Tuesday, but the day got away from us and we did not get to shore to do the errands we needed to do. When we arrived at the boat (with more water) we discovered the solar panels were not charging to their full capacity. Scott the detective got out wire and a meter and went about testing all of the connections. He finally found the culprit, a connection that lives in the cat walk and though the electrician had water proofed it, it did not withstand all of the water we took over the side on the crossing. He was able to fix it and we were back in the power making business. In between holding the red and yellow wire to the points on the regulator I worked on cleaning and preparing the interior of the boat for our move back aboard tomorrow. It was pretty dirty from the sand brought home from the beach and all of the fires on land, they burn leaves and probably trash on a daily basis. When we got into the dinghy to head back to shore I was astounded to discover it was 15:30, where did the time go we had arrived at the boat at 10:15? Well, there went the plan to go the bank, the Gendarmerie and the store to prepare for leaving, well just like that it became a Wednesday departure. We went back to the hotel to enjoy our last night on land. We decided to eat at the hotel again, it isn’t a difficult choice when there are only two other restaurants. We watched another movie (Ice Storm) on the computer, it has been nice to have unlimited power for such luxuries. We will get up early tomorrow and make a trip out to the boat with more water and some of our stuff and then come back to the hotel to end our stay with one more I am sure you can guess what.

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