#yokwe

I would like to just say Thank You to the Marshall Islands, and everyone I met while being there for these last few months.  It’s a place I will never forget, and Majuro has a special place on my World Map from now on.  I got to do things I’ve never really thought of, experienced activities that were very unique.  I’ve also tasted some amazing foods (Loco Moco, Choco Mucho) and some other things that I’d never like to see again Lol. 

All in all, I had an amazing time, and hope to one day see the RMI again in some way, shape, or capacity.  I told someone before I left I wanted to finish this adventure as Strong as a Started; and in all honesty I think i did. = ]

Sincerely, Optimistic

Courtney “Fuego” Reddix

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This pix was really "BitterSweet"

So here in Majuro, there is a beautiful blue water harbor that some people actually live in, around, and on.  There is an entire sub culture of yachts and the people, who inhabit these yachts, are emphatically referred to at “Yachtees.”  This weekend along with a few other people I was invited to join one of the boats in the club as they did a semi competitive race around the harbor. 

I have to say, I was honestly a little resistant or hesitant to be involved in the festivities.  But I’m glad, and grateful I did.  It was pretty fun, and seeing the land from a different perspective was amazing.  Being a navigator I got too see the RMI from a different level, and it helped me in understanding the landscape a little bit better.  But by no means am I yet comfortable with the traveling geography of the region. 

So understand that you have to take a small sometimes motorized, sometimes manually rowing boat called a “dingy” to the bigger yacht or ship.  So as you get away from the dock further and further in the small boat, I think I felt my anxiety start to go up, being that I was next to a much bigger person. I had this thought that all my electronics were going to take a swim. 

Spending a day out on the water was a good change of pace, the water does not “discriminate.”  There were boats from all over the world, proudly flying their flags of patriotism.  I saw New Zealand, Norway, Canada, and was actually on an Australian vessel for the day.

            It was my first time on a boat like this, and yes I wore my Life Vest, I have no shame in it either.  But please believe if anything happened I was gone survive, no doubt in my mind Lol.  I was on a boat named “Break Free” and yes its in reference to the song, I have to be honest I few people broke out in a flash song performance while we were talking about the name.  I didn’t know what the hell they were talking about though.  I just smiled and nodded, I think it worked they were having a good time.

            About the race though, it was fun.  I got to see the Captain do his thing, and watch the sails flip, change, move, and take the wind and turn it into power.  There are lots of intricacies, technology and a gadget, but it still takes a skill that can only be perfected through practice.  I sat back and just watched and listened.  I think next time I’ll hop in there and see what Capt. Fuego got. = ]

            The video I’m posting about this was right after the race, we crossed the line, and were on the way to just chill and wait for the other boats to finish.  Take a look at the views I got from the Hull and deck of the boat.

The pixs are from at least two different races I was a part of, so their a little mixed, but its all Gooood none the less

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