With apologies to the late Otis Redding, we're sitting at the Moorea ferry dock, waiting to catch the 5:00 p.m. boat to Papeete. Ain't technology wonderful...
We're taking in our last few views of this glorious and quite uncrowded island with its 60 kph speed limit after a pleasant shuttle ride from the Hilton with a characteristically lovely lady driver before returning to the hustle and bustle of Tahiti - relatively speaking.
We spent much of the past few hours in the pool and feel relaxed and rested. We'll have to try to maintain the mood when we fly out of here about 11:45 p.m. and land in Honolulu about 5:30 a.m.
Kathy and Brian
Two retired educators alternating joyfully between seeing the world and enjoying our eight grandchildren (in order of birth), Jake, Avery, Taegan, Lily, Peyton, Riley, Blane, and Jace.
Kathy and Brian met in the clarinet section of the University of California (Santa Barbara) Symphony Orchestra several decades ago.
Brian's Western Canadian roots and Kathy's Colorado ties resulted in their making beautiful music together along with producing a cross-border crop of descendants.
Kathy spent a year studying in Vienna at the Institute for European Studies and the University of Vienna.
Brian started the school band program in Hope, British Columbia, and later became the high school's vice-principal for 6 years and subsequently principal for 15 years before retiring in 2001.
Kathy, in between raising our three children, taught kindergarten and first grade, middle school, and high school - mathematics, computer studies, ESL, and her first love, band, before retiring in 2001.
We enjoy sharing our travel experiences and providing the odd travel tip to friends, relatives, and visitors.