First, a correction on the fishing report from yesterday. We caught 2 ono, then got 4 hits, but only pulled in 1 mahi mahi, 2 of the lines broke, and the 3rd lure was all chewed up, but the fish got off. We kept the two small ono, and then took the mahi in to Katchii for the people there.
Today, we woke up and TC worked backwards from when we plan to return to Kwaj to calculate where we should spend time over the next couple days. We wanted to go back to Buoj once more, as well as Jeh, before we leave since we have a few more things to drop off. We heard that there are more waves coming in the next week (not near Buoj or Jeh), so he also wanted to make sure that we are free to hit those waves.
So, after Geoff, Ellie, and Timo got their snorkel in (and Ellie saw her first shark!), we sailed south to Buoj this afternoon. Timo had fun (I think) steering the boat.
This evening we went in to shore to bring a box of books to the World Teach teacher in Buoj (Claire), some laminated posters and alphabet books for Claire to use to teach English, as well as fishing magazines for Lee (thanks free box at the Grace Sherwood Library), and materials to make chocolate chip cookies for Flomina (brown sugar, vanilla, butter-flavored shortening, baking soda, and chocolate chips).
Claire was super excited about the books since she had finished reading the books we brought previously. Plus, she told us that her Lee and Flomina's daughter-in-law had gone to high school in Honolulu and loved reading too. They're both going to write letters for Bess' aunt and uncle.
Flomina also seemed pleased with the cookie ingredients. She said she couldn't wait to make cookies in her Marshallese oven.
Tomorrow, we're going to go in and drop boxes of books off with each of the other World Teach teachers. They're a married couple (Sarah and Steve) who teach at neighboring villages. Claire said that Sarah returned from Majuro just a little while ago. She'd had to head there for medical care after getting typhoid and dysentery at the same time! CRAZY. What a trooper to return!
Thanksgiving Day, we'll probably be heading back to the western side so that we can get to the waves. I'll be missing my PDR Thanksgiving buffet - crab legs, shrimp, cheeses, and more. Oh well, we'll see what we can scrape up for a Thanksgiving meal here. :-)
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