Day 252, Year 1: Tahiti to Moorea
Date: Monday, June 26, 2006
Weather: Pinch me. I must be dreaming!
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Location: Opunohau Bay, Moorea
Today was just a perfect day. The weather was beautiful, the sail to Moorea was good, and the anchorage here in Oponuhu Bay, Moorea, is simply fantastic. We are anchored in 12 feet of crystal clear water. There are turtles and manta rays in the water all around, and we understand that the snorkeling is simply fantastic. We’ll let you know about that tomorrow.
We started our day by going in early to do laundry while we still had the luxury of a laundromat on the dock. We got in before 7 AM, but the laundry room was already full of people. Marie from the boat named Ranger and Penny from Long Tall Sally were there. I have heard many stories about Penny of Long Tall Sally out of Texas and was excited to finally meet her. She is a retired physician and was instrumental in the communication with the French doctor who orderrd the evacuation of our friend Randy from Procyon. It was great to finally meet here face to face.
While I was doing the laundry, Mark, Mary Ellen and Lee walked out of the marina to the nearby McDonalds. We all thought it would be great fun to have a McMuffin in Tahiti, but unfortunately they didn’t open until 11 AM. So it was back to Windbird for breakfast then back to the marina to see our agent, Laurent, and get our check out paper for French Polynesia by way of Bora Bora. Laurent was not in as early as he had hoped, but it all worked out and we had our exit paperwork by noon. In the meantime, we all headed to the grocery store armed with back packs, LL Bean carrying bags, and our rolling carts. We shopped for food for the next two weeks, loaded it into our carrying bags and carts, and headed back to Windbird.
By just after noon, we pulled up the anchor and headed back down the Chenal de Faaa to the pass out of Tahiti. We will miss the great Le Truck transportation and carry with us wonderful memories of Tahiti, but we all felt it was time to move on. We arrived in Opunohau Bay around 5 PM and anchored just behind our friends on Quantum Leap. We immediately jumped into the water and headed over to say hello to Quantum Leap. The water here is really crystal clear and you can see the bottom and watch the fish, turtles, and manta rays from the boat. We had a great swim over to Quantum Leap and while there, we got to hear Kathleen’s new skill as a ukulele player.
It was a great day and we look forward to snorkeling in this location tomorrow morning. It really is beautiful here.
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