Hi Everyone,

  We bought some Internet Time cards from KrisNee Cafe.  We can us the time on the boat between 7am and 10pm (their definition of 24 hour service.)  It does let me send from Outlook, but only to individuals.

  Randal signed us up for the SCUBA course and that will be all day for 3 or 4 days.  The “learn on your own” text book has 250 pages and it took me a while to get through the first 50 and take the little quizzes.  And I already knew lots of the info because our friend Audrey had loaned us her dive instruction videos and had taught us lots of the basic stuff.  So for the next few days I won’t be traipsing around town anyway so not much to email about.  It will keep my mind off the fact that the Sox can’t seem to win a game outside of Fenway Park. 

  This morning I am going to visit my PG friends Nancy and Geoff Cannell.  I’ll take the service boat to the pier and Geoff will come get me and drive me to their home.  It is just a 10 minute drive, but I’m not so sure where it is up one of the small mountains behind town.  Nancy and I will spend the morning talking about art and local PG gossip.

   I think Randal and I haven’t quite made it to “cruisers” yet.  We still miss the “sometimes” instant 24 hour wifi.  We miss the luxury of being plugged into the marina power and water.   No AC here on the mooring and we have to be a little careful with water though Randal says the water maker will work fine.  I take a wait and see attitude.  We could get water from shore in giant plastic water holders.  And I am sure we will one day.  We just are more used to the cushy cruising life.  Jane and Tony came aboard Saturday and eyed our washer/dryer and roominess.  They have a catamaran sailboat with no washing machine and definitely no trash compactor.  Jane washes daily by hand.  But they are as happy as we are to be learning to be cruisers.  It is definitely a transition.  In Hamilo Cove it was quiet and cool.  Here in PG it is less cool because we have our bow cover on and starting about 5 am bancas go by in and out of town.  We fall asleep to the kareoke bar in town…water carries the sound.  But early in the morning, we can hear the birds sing and the rooster crow.

  I’m off to get ready for my visit to Nancy.

Ru