Back to Bora for last time

Sept 2, 2015, 0930
5 nm 0ff of Tahaa
Aloha everyone, hope all is well and that Hawaii continues to avoid the hurricanes. We are doing well here as we start to wind down our trip. Tuesday, we took our dinghy across the bay to Tama's house, he showed us around, we looked at some pearls and then he gave us another tour, showing my guests both the pearl farm and vanilla plantation. Both processes are labor intensive requires a number of years plus about three years of no product. We then stopped by Mac China for last time and picked up some lunch and headed back to his home. He gave us a bunch of bananas and pomplemouse and we headed back to boat. We sailed up to North side of island and picked up a mooring and BBQ some steak and then played some Oh Hell. Yesterday, we headed to the coral gardens for our drift snorkel. This was going to be particularly interesting because Cathy was not comfortable with a mask and snorkel. After some initial hesitancy, she overcame her fears and really enjoyed it and we did it a second time. We raised anchor and headed across the bay to one of our favorite anchorages, Tapawamu. Even though the moorings were clear when we drove by the day before, no such luck then, so we had to deep anchor again. We had a lazy afternoon, including reading and naps and then headed in to get some pizza. Unluckily, we found them to be closed, so headed back to boat and the boys made some pasta. We were up early this morning prepping for trip to Bora. Hard to say goodbye to Tahaa, Karin and I grew to cherish this place, it's beauty, peace and tranquility. We started off with 20+ knt 0f wind and were looking forward to a quick trip. NOT! We get a fe miles out and the wind dies so we are back to power. Maybe we'll catch a fish to make up for it? All for now, hard to believe we'll be heading back in a week. Aloha, David


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