Imagine our excitement when we were sitting in anchorage #11 for Brenden’s birthday and then we hear Chara on the VHF radio! For any who don’t remember, Chara is part of our family of cruisers from Mexico, and they are one of the four of us that left Banderas Bay together when we set out across the Pacific (the other two being True Blue V and Lady Carolina). We hadn’t seen them in five months, since we were in The Marquesas, so we rushed back to Neiafu the next morning in order to have dinner together and catch up. It was fun to be back with Bob and Joyce, and with Joyce around, we were instantly part of the Neiafu cruiser social scene.
One evening I enjoyed a ladies’ night out and Tim went to guys poker night with a bunch of people we didn’t know at that time. The ladies’ night out included me, Joyce (Chara), Sara (Lochmarin), Amber (Rockstar), Tina (Caminante), Catherine (The Southern Cross), Gwen (A-Train), and Wanda (Et Voila). It’s funny to me to think back and think of Tina as someone I didn’t know, because fast forward a year and Caminante is part of our close group of cruising kid boats, although we didn’t really get to know Tina and Gustav until late into our stay in New Zealand.
Gresham Family Exodus 