Saturday May 8, 2010

We are anchored at our 3rd Island since arriving into the Marquesas. Its' name is Tanatu. It is a deserted Island with many
fruit trees. We went up yesterday with a Dutch couple, Paul and Marietta, and picked limes, grapefruit, and mangoes. The
limes are small like kiwi fruit but very juicy. I squeezed 14 of them so Stuart could make himself a drink similar to using Rose's
Lime juice. The grapefruit are called pompa moose and are so naturally sweet. We said they could put Texas Ruby Red Grapefruit
out of business if they were imported to U.S. The mangoes are small but also sweet.
We have been watching manta ray's playing and feeding near the boat. They came this morning as we drank our coffee and put on
quite a show for the 2 of us. We are a good audience and appreciate them. We saw a small shark off of the beach yesterday as
we got into the dingy to come back to the boat. Don't think he would have given us any problems. There is quite
a surge to the surf and the beach is steep. We use the wheels on our dingy so we can push it up a ways from the water. The
water is cool blue in color and refreshing. We had a fun game of bocchi ball day before yesterday here with a Canadian couple and
Australian couple. I won my game! Is unusual for me to win and was a very close game.
We invited a couple over last night for snapper Stuart had caught yesterday morning right off of the boat. Nice size ones. He
pan fried them and Maria brough tuna shashimi for appetizer. They are a young couple living in Miami and they were part of our
SSB net coming across from the Galapagos. He is from Argentina and she is from Columbia. Esteban is a boat mechanic and Maria
holds a law degree from Columbia and also one from US. They hope to cruise for 2 years then go back to Miami and earn a living and have
children. They are only 34 so have plenty of time. We are ready to move on to another anchorage. Many here to choose from.