August 28 – September 7, 2014
After completing chores and fixing the port saildrive, we finally got out of Neiafu again and headed to anchorage #16 on 28 Aug. Anchorage #16 is at the island of Vaka’eitu near “the coral gardens” and Lape Island, and we went there with Lady Carolina and True Blue V. Who else? We stayed a couple of days and then moved to the island of Nuku, which is a small island just off the larger Kapa Island south of Port Maurelle. Technically, it’s anchorage #8, but we didn’t exactly drop where the guidebook says. This is a great spot; one of our favorites. On 1 September we were joined by some other kid boats, and we all navigated through the reef over to anchorage #30 at Kenutu Island. There we celebrated Joel’s 10th birthday with a big beach bash. After a couple days everyone left, but we stayed a little longer to enjoy some solitude. On 6 June we went back to Nuku island to hook back up with all the kid boats, but then the next day we went back to Neiafu to get ready for Papa and Nana to visit! Our adventures with them will have to wait until the next Chapter.
Gresham Family Exodus 