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| It doesn't look like much, but Kaula Rock is the most land that we've seen in a month. |
The ship is clean, gear is packed and we're passing the first islands in the Main Hawaiaan Island chain. We've spent the last few days finishing reports and entering data. Our evenings have been filled with celestial navigation talks from the ship's crew, a masquerade and costume ball put on by the Engineering Department and Mongolian night, complete with Mongolian BBQ for dinner and a slideshow of the pictures Ben and I took last month. Ben put a lot of work into creating a very impressive slideshow for a full house and we had a lot of wonderful feedback. Now we're passing Niihau and Kauai. The next island will be Oahu, our home, but we won't reach there until sometime tomorrow morning. The port side engine on the ship has been down since this morning and we're not making very good time. But we have a second engine and several engineers working on the broken engine as we speak - just one more reason to always have backups. So there is no ETA as of yet, but I'm looking forward to having fresh veggies and good coffee (not necessarily together) at some point tomorrow!
Have a wonderful night.
Take care,
Cristi
Cristi
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| Ocean Defender and Captain Oreo at the Masquerade Ball |
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| Last day at Lisianski |
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