Sailing, sailing

January 29, 2015

We are still at sea, heading toward Tonga. We had to skip Rarotonga due to unsafe tender conditions. Then we had to skip Alofi due to a cyclone that is scheduled to hit tomorrow morning – just as we were scheduled to arrive. So we are sailing around the storm – it’s sunny and 79 degrees – and will arrive at Nuku Alofa, Tonga, tomorrow evening.

Speaking of tomorrow evening, we will cross the International Date Line tonight at 11:00 p.m. (4:00 a.m. Eastern time), and reset our clocks ahead 23 hours – Friday, January 30, will not exist for us. When we go to bed tonight it will be Thursday, January 29, 2015, but when we wake up tomorrow morning it will be Saturday, January 31. As a result, we will see the Super Bowl on Monday, February 2, instead of Sunday.   

We have met some interesting people – a couple from Sarasota who live on a boat and travel in the winter when all the snowbirds are there, a couple from Australia who retired in their 50s and are traveling the world, and a 35-year-old single woman who is doing the entire 114 days alone. There is also a 22-year-old on her second world cruise who is traveling with her grandmother. Takes all kinds.

Now it’s time to see the sunset. Aloha.