Happy Thanksgiving Canada!

this is where we anchored for the last 4 days isn't the water blue!






We left Neiafu and headed to anchorage 8 called Nuku. We took all the kids - that would be 7 aboard Orca III. Malachi and O'Vive came a few hours later. We stopped at Swallows cave for a snorkel of off Orca III. look how close we got here to the shore! that is a great place! The kids had a blast hanging out on deck and in the crows nest!
Once we arrived to the anchorage , it was a beautiful place, we did a big potluck dinner on Orca III and the kids all spent the night. We had kids everywhere! the cockpit was full of them! after pancakes for breakfast - and boy thats a lot of pancakes! how did my grandma feed 7?! off they went to the beautiful almost white sandy beach to fly kites and snorkel . The water was warm and clear!! Steve also got the sailing dingy off the davits - second time this trip! and all the kids have spent the last 3 days sailing it. They even took turns today - two crew changes - from the Nuku anchorage back to Neiafu harbour. Maya, Jocelyn and Alec took the davidson from Nuku ( named the dingy "Peanut") and just around Mala Island was the half way mark so the crews changed there and Kyle, Emilie and Jenny brought her into Neiafu! They all did excellent - however the mast did break in half and also the tiller had a mishap. fortuneatly the mast broke right beside Orca III while waiting for us to anchore. NO big deal, Steve already has a way to fix it and they will be off and sailing again. ! sure had a grand time.
Steve will play music tonight and the kids will hang out on O'Vive while us adults eat out!! yeah for me. I think I have cooked enough for while given I've fed a lot of people the last few days!
Hey you scrabblers , I have learned a new game - Scrabble Tiles! fast and fun and the kids also like it. I am good! I will challenge you all when I get back!

Hey Spruce harbour if anyone knows of a way for us to get a hold of Larry Theriault here in Tonga let us know! email us