Day 243, Year 5 Happy First Birthday to Jonah
Date: Saturday, June 26, 2010
Weather: Yet Another Gorgeous Day, Winds 5-10
Latitude: 13 degrees 18.147 minutes S
Longitude: 048 degrees 10.729 minutes E
Location: Nosy Sakatia, NW Madagascar
Happy Birthday, Jonah!!! One year ago at this time Mark and I were taking care of Sam while Heather and Jed were at the hospital welcoming Jonah into this world. I simply cannot believe Jonah is now a one year-old. Evidently he is absolutely crazy about balls, so the theme of his party is spherical. Heather and Jed got him a hundred plastic balls the size of baseballs and filled the kiddy pool with them. I’m sure Jonah will love that. And his cake is shaped and decorated like a soccer ball. And there is also a full moon for his birthday just to ’round’ things out.
We also want to wish Madagascar a happy birthday. Today is Independence Day and we arrived in the midst of a sailing regatta that evidently happens every year on this day. We are now anchored off Sakatia Towers, a very small resort, and the party for the racers is here tonight. So we are surrounded by lots of “overly” happy sailors celebrating. We are getting ready to go ashore for Happy Hour and hope to meet some of these sailors.
 |
| 100626 Day 243 Nosy Sakatia, Madagascar–Tsara Banjina to Nosy Sakatia |
