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The water hoses and brushes work very well indeed and the wooden grates on the

floor allow the shoes to stay dry while the water flows through the grating and out of

the room. Our shoes actually cleaned up amazingly well—even my sparkly running

shoes which had definitely changed from white to red on the hike.

The little barge from Georgetown was still “bunkering” (refueling) the Orion when we

returned and there were a few more barrels to be loaded. The little barge brings one

big barrel, loads that into the ship and then heads back to port to pick up another. A

time-consuming and labor intensive job for sure. As it turned out, instead of leaving

Ascension Island around 6 PM we did not get away until about 9 PM. Now we are on

our way to St. Helena which trip should take about a day and a half.

Now we are clean, our shoes look amazingly bright, we are well fed, and the seas are

rocking us to sleep. A wonderful day on this isolated and very busy island!

TWO DAYS AT SEA

Day 1 - Beaufort 4-5, seas moderate, temp 75F

Another sea day after our glorious island exploration yesterday. Reluctantly we got up

and joined Gabor and the other ladies for stretching & exercising. But we found that

Gabor was perhaps even more unwilling than we. He was sporting a really red face

from his time in the sunshine on the beaches of Ascension. But unhappy about it or

no, he led us in the morning class and then happily dismissed us to breakfast.

Listening to music and reading as you will is such a pleasure on the sea days. We are

delighted that we brought the CDs with us because they have already brought a lot of

enjoyment. Kay also worked on her pictures during our down time before the

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