'Bye to PJ & Tom

Pictures are from our first few days with Tom and Paula: our first afternoon in their little cabana and evening on Sidewinder, David with his eclipse glasses on feeling no pain that night, then our first venture out to go snorkeling with a shot of the exquisite water and coming back into the bay, and the next morning on the deck of their resort. 


Snorkeling was magical yesterday inside the pass. Paula, Tom, Steve and Derusha from sv Scream, and David and I motored Worm out to incredibly clear water with such colorful fish and coral; it was awesome. We celebrated Bastille Day at the resort and watched some young dancers do traditional Tahitian dancing accompanied by good traditional music. It was a very pleasurable evening on the bay and a great way to end our rendezvous. This morning we did a short snorkel and waved good-bye as our good friends drove off to catch the plane to Bora Bora for their next round of adventures. We feel wonderfully lucky to have had the time with them and we will miss them. Tom downloaded their pictures onto our flash drive and when we go into the little town tomorrow morning we are hoping to find an internet connection so I can send pictures of fond memories. 


After David gets a haircut, we are visiting with an old friend of mine from Hawaii, Ron Hall, who has a beautiful pearl shop near where we are moored and a house on the point; he went to high school with John Meany, Poncho, T Boy, etc. and moved to Hawaii right after high school, with all those guys. It has been fun visiting with him this week, and Paula did benefit by finding the perfect Tiki pearl in his shop. 


We hope to move to the next bay over [Opunohu Bay] tomorrow afternoon; the water is really clear over there!