It looked like we had a weather window to depart on a Saturday, so we spent Friday taking care of formalities and last-minute provisioning of fresh items.
We spent the evening, until almost midnight, hanging out with Fred and Emelie on Exodus. We had a sad good-bye, since by that time they were very dear friends even though we had only known them for two weeks. It took me awhile to learn that in this lifestyle you have to put yourself out there quickly in order to make friends because everyone is moving at a different pace in different directions and if you hold back you will miss out on knowing really special people because before you know it they are gone, or you are gone or both. So, at midnight we started getting the boat ready for a morning departure to Tonga.
Gresham Family Exodus 