Day 73 Marina life

Getting ready for marina life
The sail would not be repaired and returned until Wednesday so we had the next four days to finish all our chores and for me to finish the pictures and re-publish the blog.
We expected the next four days to be much the same:
Mark and Kurt would take the dinghy out at sunrise or even before, to go surfing on the reef. Each day they would come back with a few injuries from the reef but also with big smiles and an armload of stories about each wave they rode.
We would complete all the little boat repairs and cleanings that needed to be done.
We would meet more fascinating people in the marina and compare stories about places or happenings in our travels.
There would always be people looking for help or offering help for one or another boat problem.
Since Papeete was a half hour away by "Le Truck" and Carrefour was a 20 minute walk we would be able to get any supplies we needed.
And then there were my 1700 photos. Oh lordy!!
At "four fingers" each day it would be time for the Bitter End to open and new yachties showed up for a pot luck dinner. (Four fingers is the time when you hold your hand horizontally at arms length so that your little finger is on the horizon. When the sun sits on your fore finger, it is "four fingers")
There are two parts to cruising - the travel part and the stopping part. We got a large dose of the travel part on the first 25 days of our trip. Until we get to the last crossing to New Zealand, the travel part will be minimal. Many of the islands are only one to two days apart so we will be spending more time stopping than sailing.
There are two kinds of stopping - at anchor and at a marina. Up to now, we have spent our stopping time at anchor where the socializing involves going to shore with people from other boats or all getting together on one boat for a shared dinner. Sometimes there is the shared adventure of a shore excursion like our hikes with the other yachties.
For the next several days, we will be living the marina life for the first time since Puerto Vallarta. Will it be similar?