Merry Christmas and Happy New Years!

It has been another spectacular year!  We have sailed from New Zealand in the spring to Fiji for six months, and now find ourselves in the Marshall Islands this Christmas...

Sadly, none of our children were able to join us this year, but we are planning a trip to Canada In June 2018.  We did have some Christmas Joy this year, A TURKEY and all the trimmings!  We were in mexico in 2014 the last time we saw a turkey, so this has been quite a treat...

We gathered with Lanny & Ginger (SV Swiftsure) and Peter & Lisa (SV French Kiss) at an out island here in the Majuro atoll for a great feast and fun...  It did rain most of the day, but that didn't dampen anyone's spirits...

Ginger...

Scoots, the cat...

Tonight we will be celebrating New Years Eve at what the locals call the biggest block party EVER!  We are really looking forward to this...

We spent most of this month getting packages in from the USA.  Our barometer had recently failed, so we replaced it along with some power tools and many other little things that just seem to be impossible to find in these far away places...

We have been given permission to visit most of the outer atolls here in the Marshall Islands so next week, we will let go of our mooring and get back to the kind of cruising we love so much...  Our boat is loaded with school supplies and staples like sugar and flour for people in some of these out of the way places...

It is likely that we won't have any decent internet until we reach Kwajalian in a few months, but we will try to update via our HF radio along the way.... 

Lastly, there are just things we see in our lives that you just don't see in the "first" world...  here is the headline from the local paper last week..

We pray that everyone had an awesome Christmas and that 2018 brings everyone all the joy they deserve....

Cheers,
Kyle & Shelley