Day 126 More preparation

Extra supplies for Suwarrow
Yesterday, the Environmental Services department dropped off six large cardboard boxes and a large bag of sugar. This will take up quite a bit of floor space for the next 6 or 7 days until we get to Suwarrow. Roy from Eaio called on the SSB radio called and said the caretakers were in desperate need of a new generator to power their lights, refrigeration and radio. I called Vavia at the Environmental Services department but he said they had no funding for a new generator. I guess there is just so much we can do to help them.
Mark, Kurt and Andy spent most of the day at the Muri Beach houses except for one diversion by Andy to go to the hospital. This morning he had a gigantic eruption of his infection and he got an injection of anti-biotics and more bandages. My advice to anyone traveling to the South Pacific is just don't get a staph infection - period. Avoid it! Delete it from your schedule. Yesterday when Molly was here she said even she got one from her trip to Mo'orea. It did not develop until after she got home but she had to go to the hospital for treatment. This is not a good thing!
Puai and his wife stopped by the boat today to wish us a safe next passage. I invited him to a return hospitality visit the next time he is in Northern California but he said it would be October and that is before I return home. Both he and his wife are very nice people.
While the "lads" were relaxing, I spent the day preparing for the next passage. We could be 6 days to Suwarrow and another 4 days to Pago Pago so I wanted to cook some things in advance to make meal preparation easier when we are under way. I found that if we boil some eggs and cook some pasta and rice, it avoids the boiling water in the tossing galley for at least some of the time. I also wanted to finish the grocery shopping as we need some essential thing that I have not been able to find in the stores like matches and coffee filters. Apparently, a container comes twice a month and in between, whatever has run out is out of stock until the next container.
This could be the last posting for a while until we get to Pago Pago - I will post when I can.