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American Spirit II - Day 90; Mike Flies Home After 5 1/2 Weeks, and Cats and Chickens Chow Down Together; Thursday, April 3, 2014



Rain squall 2:25 AM. Closed hatches. Up at 6:45 AM. At 7:23 AM Joel and I left to have breakfast with Mike at his hotel. We told the waitress, who spoke no English, that we wanted to order breakfast. Breakfast came, and it consisted of grapefruit slices, French bread with butter and jelly, and coffee. A European breakfast, says Mike. Mike departed in a taxi with another person at 9:40 AM.

Mike joined our trip because he wanted to cross an ocean, wanted to make a long voyage. Well, Mike, you did: 2,890 miles from the Galapagos Islands to Hiva Oa, and then a bunch more miles (174?) from Hiva Oa to Fatu Hiva, to Hiva Oa again, and finally to Nuku Hiva. Thank you Mike! You will be missed.

We spent from 10:30 AM - 3:30 PM at the Wifi center/snack bar. While there we had lunch, really non-lean pork with fried rice. During the day I watched as cats and chickens climbed into and out of a 2 foot high garbage can, eating scraps scraped off from the lunch plates. What was amazing, was that there were times when a cat and a chicken were both in the garbage can eating scraps at the same time. Some times, I'd see the back end of both animals sticking up out of the can.

Joel, Stephen and I headed back to the boat to rest from 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM, then headed into town to eat at a Chinese restaurant. The restaurant consisted of eating under a tarpaulin along a roadway, with bushes separating the tables from the road. Within 30 minutes of our arrival, the other tables filled up with crew from other Rally boats. For dinner we had Chicken Curry, Chicken and Vegetables or Chow Mien Curry. Joel and I had coffee ice cream for dessert. Not bad.

We got back to the boat around 8:30 PM and watched 2 episodes of The Sopranos. We finished the first season and started the second.

Joel and Stephen went to bed at 11:00 PM. I stayed up and read until midnight. The boat rocked a lot in the anchorage tonight. What else is new?

Brian Fox

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