A perfect day

Aug 16, 1830
Anchored off Lagoonarium
Aloha Everyone, hope this finds you well and happy. The plan was to head to the East side of Bora yesterday, but as we passed BoraBora YC, it was raining and very overcast with minimal visibility. Seemed like a good time to reassess the plan. We pulled into the YC and picked up a mooring and relaxed. We ate some lunch, I prepared an artichoke salad, which turned out quite tasty. We read, and I had a great nap. We eventually headed ashore, hiked a short ways to an ancient marae, and then headed to YC for cocktails, wifi and a delightful dinner. This morning we awoke to more rain, but it looked to be clearing so we headed to the east side. We anchored off the lagoonarium, a commercial adventure featuring sharks, etc. in an enclosed area. We had planned on heading in by 1pm, but it started to rain some more. Time for a nap! when I awoke, things were clearing and I got into dinghy and cleaned the waterline. We rowed into the motu to reconnoiter the situation. We met the Tahitian man who has owned the place for 30 years. They had closed about a half an hour ago, but he let us walk around some and we walked out to the the edge of the surrounding reef. On way back, as we rowed in 5-10' of clear water, we saw numerous rays. The girls put on their masks and dunked their heads to check out the rays. I so enjoyed their enthusiasm. Once back to the boat, the girls went snorkeling (I was feeling some congestion in chest so thought some medicine on ice, was the better call.) They even spent some time cleaning the bottom, how cool is that! We were anchored in 10' of turquoise clear water. We enjoyed a wonderful sunset, cocktails, a hermit crab running around the cockpit and great tranquility. And then Jennifer Anniston and Justin stopped by. (They were only a mile away!)
We have some chicken on the BBQ and some Crosby, Stills, and Nash on the music. Life is good. Some have been lucky to have hours of perfection in their lives, others days, I've been enjoying months of it! Tomorrow, we will head back to the Lagoonarium, and the back to Vaitape and hope the outboard engine is ready. Aloha, David and Karin






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