Home at last!
You’ve heard of a container ship, well this is a “container dinghy”!
by Christine Kling
We’re back! I’m sitting here once again at the Tide Table Restaurant in Majuro watching a tropical rain shower beat against the windows. This is home.
We left Ontario, California on Tuesday at noon, and with layovers, stops in San Francisco and crossing the International Dateline, we arrived in Majuro at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday. The boat was in great shape – just that fine film of dusty mold on everything – not bad after more than six months away. The outboard wouldn’t start though, so, after we visited the Post Office, the captain had to row the “container dinghy” back to the boat with 10 boxes weighing close to 900 pounds. Yesterday, we were unpacking all day and we’re both a bit overwhelmed by merging the contents of my boat onto Learnativity. But hey, what other woman moves aboard and brings her grinder, heat gun, Rule bilge pump complete with float switch, voltage regulator, two VHF radios, a complete set of lock picks, Sailrite sewing machine, etc?
And believe it or not we have more packages on the way! We bought an inflatable kayak and shipped it just before we left CA, and of course, as things would have it, we shipped the new spark plugs in a package at the same time and we completely forgot to order the carburator rebuild kit that was on the list.
Slowly, we are sorting through all the stuff, and I am settling in. I have been living out of a suitcase since I flew off to Fiji last December. It is wonderful to unpack at last. Wayne’s to do list is growing daily and once I finish cleaning and unpacking, I’ll start to organize the office. My goal is to be writing in two more days.
The sunset last night was spectacular, as if the tropics were welcoming us back. Wayne and I sat on the coaming, sipped our glasses of red wine, and watched Barney and Ruby playing together on the foredeck. The whole family is glad to be home.
Fair winds!
Christine
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