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American Spirit II - Day 344: We Depart for Home; Saturday; & Thank You Jack, Joel's Dad; December 13, 2014



Up at 5:15 AM, then back to bed until 8:15 AM. Joel gets up ahead of me at 8:00 AM, a rare event. We have breakfast at the restaurant next to our boat at 9:00 AM with Tim and Tracey from Folie a Deux; Russ, Laurie and Finn from Nexus; and Amelia with Adela.

Then Russ, Laurie, Amelia, Jeanine and I walk downtown to get some photo's for the Brazilian Visa's. For Russ, Laurie and Amelia. Then Jeanine, Laurie and I go to the market area. I need to find a large, cheap suitcase that will be large enough to fit the wind turbine into. I find what I'm looking for. The price is 400 Rand. I get the seller down to 300 Rand. I could have held out for 200 Rand, but I'm in a charitable mood today. We're going home at 8:55 PM! Life is good.

Back at the boat the day is spent loading up two suitcases, including bringing 5 months of stuff Jeanine has accumulated, home for her. I'm also bringing back A wind turbine that needs repairing; a VHF to repair; a traveler car to repair; my wild boar spear (in 3 pieces); some cloths I'm not wearing any more; and some souvenirs for grand children, children and wives.

Around noon Vlado, Jack and Marco from Civetta II show up with their luggage. Since their boat is still 'on the hard,' I offered our boat lodging to them until they get their boat back next Wednesday. Why pay for a hotel? Jeanine is ecstatic. She's been living with two guys for months; now she gets to entertain 3 guys for 4 days!

A special thanks to Jack, Joel's Dad; who adds pictures to my logs and sends them out to a zillion people. He's also our 'researcher emeritus.' When I identify an animal or reptile but don't know its name, Jack will invariably find out its name and then put information about it in his email mirroring my log. I been so impressed that I asked Joel to send Jack my email so I can follow HIS blog! If you want to be a recipient of Jack's blog, send him an email at [email protected]. Stay tuned.

THIS IS MY LAST LOG ENTRY UNTIL WE RETURN JANUARY 6, 2015.




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