June 26 – July 4, 2016
We spent a week at Port Denarau before the boys, and I said our final good-bye to Exodus (some photos from our friends on Fluenta)
Logbook – June 26, 2016 (Yadua to Denarau)
Passage Log Highlights
- 0620 P engine on
- 1513 SB on
- 1538 Engines off
- 1554 Engines on
- 1621 Engines off – Mooring at Denarau
Daily Notes
- Passage to Denarau
- Hot showers!
- Dinner at Mama’s Pizza
Logbook – June 27, 2016 (Denarau)
Daily Notes
- D – laundry all day, run
- Drinks w/ Fluenta on Exodus
Logbook – June 28, 2016 (Denarau)
Daily Notes
- D – immigration office + Nadi market, run
- All – lots of chores on Exodus
- T/boys – Fluenta for drinks w/ Moana
Logbook – June 29, 2016 (Denarau)
Daily Notes
- Chara here!
- Unsuccessful day of washing mattress cushions and curtains
And that’s it. That was unceremoniously the last logbook entry, even though the boys and I didn’t fly back to California until July 4, and even though Tim stayed on Exodus for some months more. That’s it.
Email to Family and Friends Dated June 30, 2016
Subject: Exodus – United States of Fiji
We are spending our final week at the United States of Fiji, aka Port Denarau. This place is crazy, we could easily be in any seaside resort town area in the states. There’s a huge shopping mall and groceries are twice as expensive. I rode the bus to Nadi day before yesterday, and it felt good to be back in Fiji for just a little while. We were here in Denarau last year for just a couple days, but at that point we had already been on the resort side a Fiji for a couple weeks, so we were eased into this monstrosity. This time we arrived after a couple weeks at Makogai and Yadua, so it was a bit of an abrupt culture shock. But I guess this is easing me back in to arriving in California?
Anyway, our good news is that we have a prospective buyer with an airline ticket booked to come see Exodus on the 7th. It’s possible that if this sale goes through Tim will need to deliver the boat to Australia… any volunteers for crew? I am very torn because one of my regrets of this trip is not getting to Vanuatu, and Vanuatu is like right on the way to Australia.
During this final week we are working hard during the day and hanging out with friends in the evening. Chara pulled in yesterday, and I cannot overstate how happy I am getting to see them one last time before flying home. Fluenta and True Blue V are here too, so that means all of our longest standing cruising friends that we crossed from Mexico with are here. Well almost, it feels like we’re missing someone kind of important….Lady Carolina is currently on passage from Hawaii to Washinton state so we’ll have to catch up with them on the mainland.
Love and miss you all,
-D.
July 1, 2016 (Denarau)
July 2, 2016 (Denarau)
July 3, 2016 (Denarau)
Email to Family and Friends Dated July 3, 2016
Subject: Exodus – Last night
Tonight is mine, Alex’s, and Brenden’s last night on Exodus. We’ve spent the last two days with our friends from EOS II who took the bus from Suva to come see us before we left, and that’s kept my mind off leaving. It’s surreal, but it seems right. So, this will likely be the last Exodus update email you get (unless Tim steps it up, you never know!)
At some point maybe I’ll be able to write some sort of clever summation email, but right now three and a half years are just rattling around in my head, and I can’t quite pull something meaningful together.
Instead… we’re going to go ashore for showers and dinner and then come back and drink a nice bottle of wine and play a family game.
Love and miss you all,
-D.
July 4, 2016 (Denarau)
Gresham Family Exodus 