Sat 01 August

Sat 01 August
Lat 38*N, Long 38*W
Just another day of amazingly good sailing. Very large waves, but spaced out, with "Normal" ocean waves over the surface. Pretty impressive.
When we left New Bedford we had all the regular fresh foods that my inventive mind could envision: onions, carrots and apples. But then Adnaan and his family arrived, and the cornucopia opened: Potatoes and eggs from their farm, grapefruit, blueberries, cherries, more apples, Nadia made cookies, yogurt, fatyr and pesto. The first few days our meals would have made Captain Jack Aubry proud, and I admit to being introduced to some new to me, and quite delicious middle eastern foods, thanks to Adnaan's culinary skills.
One or the other of us is sleeping until early afternoon so breakfast is whatever we want to grab. I usually eat cereal with a can of fruit. Or it may be left overs from the night before pressure cooked to keep over night. Just about all the fresh stuff is gone except of the onions and one carrot. Our meal for the day is sometime in the afternoon. It is a one pot affair, that started wit potatoes but now is rice, with whatever else we may want. Last night it was rice, cooked with onions, canned mackerel and asparagus. Tasty, filling, and satisfying. But Adnaan did say that we will be down to beans and rice soon. Well, said I, that is why we have so much beans and rice on board, for when we eat all the other stuff.
He is cooking something up now. Hot food in the cockpit, then furl the mainsail and raise tho trisail for the night.
Reef Early
Bill Doar
s/v Advent II