update...

Hey there, have finally been able to get out on the ham. we have left Tahuata Island ( Baie Vaitahu) and are heading over to Hiva Oa Island - Baie Hanaipa with O'vive and hope to see Dorothy Marie there. they left yesterday morning for there and we stayed with all the kid boats ( there are 6 of us) Emma has made a new friend - Tara, of Shamballa from Australia. they are the same age. we will meet up with them again in a couple of days, along with Malachi. WE are hoping to have us all together for
Emma birthday as well as a few other cruising kids and adults. there are a lot of us born in May - We went for a dingy tour with Ovive and Malachi to the villages here on Tahuata, managed to get a ton of mangos, bananas ( don't need much of those anymore,kinda banana'd out) pomopemouse and what they call Marquesan apples. nothing like our apples!! had a great time, took lots of pictures. will be loading the blog once I get to Nuka Hiva. We are heading to a bay where there is a fresh water water
hole with lots of mint growing around. looking forward to that!! Veggies are a prize here as we don't get much of them and they are expensive. tons of fruit and usually just given away to us. Am learning all kinds of ways to cook bananas!!

We had a nice pot luck dinner onboard orca III last night, 3 other boats - O'vive , Malachi, Shamballa. lots of kids (9) to be exact!! boy can we hold the people in our cockpit and down below. that was 17 for dinner and we still had lots of room. good time was had by all! looks like Kyle has a little relationship happening with Emilie ( O'Vive) they are quite cute together! Maya is thrilled to have a bunch of girls her age and teenage around . and there are a couple of boys around her age as
well. lots happening here for the kids. Still have 6 other boats that we know of with kids that we are hoping to meet up with as well.

we have had lots of rays swimming around our boat and the fish!! coolest ever, and Kyle is good at catching them, course he throws them back as we were told not to eat the reef fish. the kids have been swimming, and using the kyack all day. and going to the shore as a pack. even managed to find a lime tree and pompemousse tree and coconuts. don't think we will starve!

it rains a lot here for a short time, sure feels good to wash down with the rain. gets all the salt off. and its warm out as it rains. not like BC.

Well time to sign off. lat and long approximately 9*43's 139* 1' W