At sea, January 12

We are at the end of our 7 days at sea and we have enjoyed even more than we thought we would. You can be as busy as you want to or just relax, read and look at the water-and there is a lot of it! The ocean has been changeable-sometimes smooth and sometimes pitching and rolling. It will be interesting to walk on actual land tomorrow-we may be pitching and rolling ourselves!
An observation-we are hundreds of miles from land, yet we see various species of birds flying around us-what are they thinking? Sometimes they land on a deck and look quite puzzled.
We crossed the Equator yesterday so now we are officially shellbacks instead of polliwogs.
We will get up early tomorrow to watch as we sail into Nuku Hivo, Marquesas Islands.Read more