ANd why did we come home? You know once I get that I have to go home I kind of crave it. Wanting my own bed,my own washer and dryer not watching how many clothes I wear and driving my pick up truck,nobody cuts me off when I'm in it like my big truck. Well after arriving back in the good old USA, Los Angeles to be exact we walked around Long Beach again listening to the Super Bowl play out in stereo as all of the Bars had on the same channel.Since we were on We...

Shoes! Today I have to put on shoes. After not wearing them for three weeks,well we were wearing sandals. We did a couple more days in Samoa visiting the "trench" which is a 100 foot deep sink hole that fills with sea water and is tidal so at high tide it is deep enough to jump off the ladder leading down to it, but we were there during low tide so we meaning my new running bud David from Austrailia just had a quick swim into the cave of the dripping se...

Samoa SLowa, that's right we are settled into our beach Fale here in Samoa. After hpping from hotel to sailboat to another hotel we will spend eight days here in Samoa doing nothing but getting on each others nerves. Back in Fiji Joy's favorite bathing suit is now probaly on some Fijian so our first day was spent looking for one of those.Now you would think that being surounded by the Pacific ocean there would be a beach wear store on each corner,not. The Samoans...

Well Tonga time has ended it was a long road from July when we first thought of visiting this small Kingdom. it was worth the wait! The Tongans were fine hosts and their country beautiful. I would have never expected the blow holes to be so numerous and engaging. Sail the islands of the Vava'U group will squeeze the stress out of anybody. If you have never seen the Milky Way in the southern hemisphere you should do it at least once and in a dark spot like a sailb...

Still no luck getting any of our pictures posted so you will have to settle for a quick Togan update. We left Tongatapu on Friday and flew up to Vava'u Island group. Once here we headed off to The Crow's Nest Cafe that we had been talking about buying all summer. we visited with the owners and took a tour of the place and since neither Joy or I have any baking experience we will origami pass this time. Soon after our visit we headed to town to buy some munchies f...