Well, we arrived here last night at 8pm at the mooring which Jim had reserved for us. It was a little tense but we did it. Bill on the navigation and Matt and me as the lookouts. Good thing to have young eyes in those circumstances. All the lights just blurr into confusion for me. We made it through the pass and around the reef using all the GPS and radar and eyes we had. We are at anchor now with Ocean Jasper and Eowyn nearby.
Today we hope to explore this island. It looks beautiful from our mooring. There is a marina in front of us. Palm trees surround us on our starboardside. We are in a lagoon with another island, Tahaa off the other side of the lagoon. There is no bridge connecting these islands together. But there are roads around these islands so you can travel around them and see the sights. There are several "motus" within the island. We passed one coming in where people were having picnics and bonfire.
Happy Mother's Day to all you mothers out there. Thank you for the email Eric and reminding me. I hope to send you our adventures from Raiatea on the next blog.
Rosemary,Bill and Matt