We had a blast during our epic backpacking adventure on one of the world's most dangerous hikes, but it was time to head back to the boat in Tahiti. As all s...
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after an epic backpacking trip through
Utah Zion National Park it was time to
head back to the boat in Tahiti it
seemed like the time had passed too
quickly and leaving her family and
friends was way harder than we'd
imagined but alas we loaded our bags all
the book parts and knickknacks on our
list over a hundred pounds worth to be
exact
took a few last swigs of california
bubbly and headed home to cartago all
right going into the boat the first time
after three weeks away smells a little
stale
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stinks a little bit but yeah so far so
good
it's very wet wasn't very texture a
stuff check these specimens out okay get
some get some macro something on that
not always moving little critters three
days now and I have to admit that it has
been a lot better than I thought it was
going to be coming back they did lose
our bag at the airport are over weight
bag full of boat parts including our new
wind generator so we haven't been able
to get too much work done on that yet
but we got it back today and tomorrow I
think will be our last big work day
before we get to move on to the other
islands of Tahiti so just kind of
unwinding now after today's big cleanup
we did walk four things house they did a
little bit more than I did I got sick
coming back on the plane and
so I've just been kind of relaxing but
this isn't a bad place to be sick at all
with boat projects behind us we were
ready to set sail for the blue waters of
Moriah every year there are a few
hundred boats that make their way across
the Pacific Ocean and the Pacific puddle
jump rally celebrates this
accomplishment with a three-day
rendezvous in Mariah socializing at sea
is a big part of boat life and the
friends you make on the water are really
like none other they understand the ins
and outs of the lifestyle we've chosen
and the work it takes to make a dream
come true to catch up with boats we had
met from different parts of the world
was certainly something worth
celebrating
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for the new wind generator crank up some
abs crank up some power there to take
the edge off our embarrassing anchor
drag we hopped in the dinghy for a
little distraction we're still tying up
to the buoy and they're already here
very cool look the right there
that was quick with shirt
the big to the past few months here in
French Polynesia and for the first time
I'm actually really nervous because
there are like six manta rays underneath
my feet right now all waiting to be fed
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wait you'd think after months of diving
with sharks I'd be fine with a few manta
rays but I wasn't I wasn't fine to save
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mom we're trying to go on a hike we've
been wanting to go on this hike for half
an hour and we're trying to get our bag
ready to go but the zippers have we are
a little neurotic like we could just
leave without a backpack
we need a backpack but rocks are fun is
it really snacks they do carry snacks
zippers have coated thanks to the salty
air so instead of just getting ready to
go on our hike oh the moment yeah caught
on camera
yeah this there's the like salt patch
yeah how does salt get in there I don't
know but it happened to get right um in
the air so when people ask what we do
all day this is what we do
we can't just go on a hike like normal
people we have to first make sure that
our own hero doctor the element we stuck
our thumbs out and got a ride to the
trailhead around here hitchhiking is
common practice turns out the juice
factory was more a place where you could
just try the drinks they made somewhere
else but at least it was a way to get
hydrated before the hike we just geeked
out a little bit okay well history I did
my undergraduate studies at UC Berkeley
and Research Center at Berkeley Research
Center making that building right there
we met a student researcher working on a
study of empathy and cleaner fish she
was trying to figure out if these simple
little fish were capable of expressing
more complex human-like emotions like
compassion and affection we were lucky
enough to get a tour around the research
center to learn a little bit about Chico
there eating on the plates okay so how
can we tell which is a male and which is
a noun so female is the small one
so I just wonder where bozo
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we are preparing to leave Mariah to head
to the next Island but in order to set
sail there are a few things that have to
be done
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so the Dena's still sick from all our
travels I think I lost her just doing
something weird now what's in that bowl
what's in that steaming bowl I'm in the
towel
I think there's like an island or a
thing it's helped clear my nasal
passages oh that's so sexy you look like
a nun right now yeah it's lovely
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