Thinking that internet traffic might be less, early in the morning, I got up at 0500 hrs to try posting again.  And, sure enough, my first post went right through.  Maybe there’s hope after all.  I already had the text and photos, so all I had to do was upload the text for the appropriate day, locate the photos that went with that day’s text,  upload each photo, one at a time to the WordPress image gallery, which took forever, and then insert them one by one in the appropriate place in the text.  

While I was uploading posts, Al did all the provisioning, except for fruit, which I needed to do.  By the time he got back from the market, the WiFi signal had deteriorated to the point where I couldn’t do any posting.  So, while I rinsed and packaged all of the fresh vegetables, Al made a scrumptious prawn dinner.  

As soon as I’d washed the dishes, I headed to the market for fruit.  It was my lucky day.  They had a huge sale on the most  beautiful mangos.  I had to restrain myself from buying more than we could eat before they became over-ripe.  They also had nice kiwis, Fuji apples, green bananas, and pears. 

When I got back to the boat, I was storing all the fruit, when I looked out the window and saw one jet ski after another entering the marina…..eight of them!  You never see jet skis up here, and here were eight of them.  Where on earth did they come from?

It was raining and they looked soaked. 

They were milling around, getting their mooring lines out.  This guy was so intent on finding his mooring lines that he almost ran right into a boat tied to the dock.

According to the manager of the marina, these guys pay $5,000 each for the privilege of riding these jet skis from Seattle to Juneau, Alaska.  And, apparently, this excursion company operates all over the world.  You can pay to ride a jet ski across the north Atlantic, or the Bering Sea….all those fun places.  Amazing.  I would have to say these guys looked whipped.  They walked like they’d been riding a horse for days.  And this has been the easy part of their trip to Alaska.  Wahoo!

Well, that was exciting.  Now, I’ve got to see if I can upload any more posts.  Well, I was able to connect to the internet, and I was able to post again.  That lasted for about 3 hours.  Then, a megayacht came in and tied up right behind us.  Instantly, the WiFi connection was gone.  I kept trying until about 2000 hrs, when I gave up and watched a DVD movie.

Around 2230 hrs, I decided to try to connect to WiFi one last time before going to bed.  Well, to my surprise, it was back.  How can that be?  Well, I finally decided that the people on the megayacht must have been using something electronic that prevented me from connecting, and when they turned it off and went to bed, I had a WiFi connection again.  

So, I was able to upload posts for May 3 thru May 19 and write the email notice to 50 people, before falling into bed at 1300 hrs.