Sunday 02 August

Sunday 02 August
Lat 38*-48'N, Long 037*-09W
Our wind went away. Sailing along, then we just drifted to a stop. Crank up the engine and now motoring. At least the ocean has calmed down and we are not being tossed about. Really smooth right now.
When I start a trip, the first few days I am impatient,"Are we there yet?" The thought of spending two or three more weeks at sea seems like an eternity. How can I possibly spend that many days out there? Then in about three days things start blending together. It is just one day after another, the days turn into weeks. Time really takes on a different meaning. It is like we are staying still and time is moving past us, just like we are standing still and the water moves past us. At this stage of our trip we could have one more day, or ten more days, or longer. It really doesn't make any difference.
Except the fresh fruit is gone. Last fall, in an expression of love, Normandie's special friend Linda, gave us some of her special dried sliced apples, in plastic bags. I could not bring myself to eat dried apples when I had fresh apples, so the bags went unopened. Unopened, that is, until we gave out of fresh apples, and I have discovered that dried apples are really good! Thank you Linda.
Reef Early
Bill Doar
s/v Advent II
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