Day 98 Cleaning and blog posting

Bitter End plus
Of course, there was more boat cleaning to be done but most of my day was spent posting pages to the blog and beginning to set up the photo album. Fortunately, I when I was no longer able to post with iWeb, I began writing on the text editor on my computer so all of the pages are available to be cut and pasted into Blogger. While this is not difficult, it is time consuming. Also, all of the pictures that I want to post are already in albums. Again, not a difficult task to post them but even more time consuming due to the speed of the Internet. I am hoping to get all of the text and at least some of the pictures posted before we leave French Polynesia.
While I am working on the blog, Mark, Kurt and Andy are engaged in the kinds of activities afforded by being in the Marina. There are always other boats looking for help and consulting on one problem or another to setting up computers to link with their ham radio (Mark's task) to fixing a broken surfboard (Kurt) to installing some new boat hardware to replace something that had broken or failed (Andy).
In between chores, we get some exercise and relaxation in the water, usually playing water football. There are several kids on other boats ranging in age from 6 to 11 and they are eager to join the games. Again, I am impressed with their comfort in deep water and their ability to not just swim but to scramble for the ball when the outcome is sure to be a dunking. I know I was not nearly as comfortable in water of any depth when I was their age. In fact, I barely am today. Maybe the unexpected dunking I had when I walked off that dock at Saratoga Lake at about age 7 left a residual anxiety. That was before I could swim and I had to be hauled out of the water by my father. I can still remember the primal feelings.
The day ended with another Bitter End barbecue and an early night to bed.