September 26, 2008

Weekend Retreat from Ailuk VillageIt seems that regardless of the relative size of a community, people like a little change on the weekend. Yesterday we loaded two families up on Sequester and Irish Melody, and sailed about 3 miles north up the lagoon to an island belonging to Tempo. He has a little camp house here, and we got set up with cook fires and some battery powered lights before dark. Dave brought his fiddle, I had my guitar, and we gave a ukelele to Tempo's daughter, so there was a scattering of music around the site until dinner was cooked, at about 8:30. The rain that had soaked the atoll for 2 days had dissipated, and we had a crystal clear star dome over us, with no moon. Hard to see what we were eating, but a beautiful sight. Time for breakfast now, and hopefully a day sailing the local outriggers. More soon. Ted