October 19
Tomorrow is Jonah’s birthday. It will be
big fun. I don’t know what exactly we are doing but am planning and promising
big fun. Well, when the audience is five years old, its not too hard.
Today we went diving on the reef. We had the
folks from “Dragon Lady” join us and we moved the Queen Jane to a location
right on the reef. It took us awhile to find a suitable location to anchor. The
reef we dove on was ok but not great. I did see lots of cool little stuff and
those amazing giant clams they have here in
Fiji
. The inside lips of the clams are all different colors from one to the next as
it depends what they eat and the amount of photosynthesis. I saw one that looked
like leopard skin! It was fun and the kids played downstairs.
Darwin
and Mara (crew from Dragon Lady) and
Jordan
and myself dove and Mary just watched the kids. I was wiped after and ate a big
lunch and then collapsed for afternoon siesta. I am really enjoying this island
and hope Bengaa is just as nice.
Fiji
makes great cruising as there are so many islands which enable you to get away
from the throng of cruising boats.