At last it's Friday! I know you don't hear things like that from me very often but this has been a difficult week and there is so much to look forward to on the weekend. We will be at the canoe all day Saturday and most of Sunday. We'll camp out at the site on Saturday night and Manny will give us star lessons. This is when our FesPac contingent will get their first experience of living with the canoe. That is where they will stay during their time in Palau.

My efforts to go to Palau have not panned out at all. I still have one or two avenues to follow but at this time I have no place to stay while down there. I am planning to buy a hammock and I will sleep in the trees by the beach at night. In the morning I will bathe in the ocean and find a freshwater hose to rinse off in. I can stash my stuff at the canoe while I wander the grounds. There may also be a chance that someone has a dome tent and I can stay at the canoe. Either way it promises to be an adventure like I used to read about when I was a kid. Beachcomber's paradise.