May 6th, 2017.
Its been too windy to think about going camping. The wind forecasts every weekend for a month or two show the wind slowing down the following weekend. Every week for four weeks its been wrong, but this weekend we are going to ignore it. It nearly takes a week to pull off a camping trip to another island on this Atoll (as opposed to all the other atolls' I've been on :)). First, willing people have to be found, then paperwork has to be taken care of. You go to the RMI office on Kwaj, and the very friendly Marshallese people stamp your trip request as "approved". Its a big round official deal, and they just don't really care much where you are going. Next is passing their approved trip request out to the required powers that be out here. The RMI office is only open during the hours that we work....well ok not quite as extended as our ten hour days. So I have to sneak off a little during lunch, even though I scarf down two plates really quickly. 5 copies are made and you have to distribute them yourself, so that has to happen during my working hours. Its a 3 day deal. The people you invite have no clue, so they randomly renege.
I have the best life!! Pictures to follow
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