Oh, what a wonderful and starry night! We both slept well and the red morning did not prove to be a warning. We are not as concerned of storms today because we have Cumulus and Stratocumulus clouds around us. This is good, as well as the infrared satellite WeatherFax showing the clouds in the ITCZ breaking up and moving south; as if preparing a path for our arrival. We were concerned because the High Seas weather told of moderate to locally strong thunderstorms in the area. This area also containing the worst weather in which Wade had previously sailed, and the storms generally occur here at night as well. But last night was good sailing in the ITCZ area and today is the best sailing day of the trip so far, especially with Sara back in the kitchen, haha. We can’t count our chickens too much before they’re hatched as we still have one possibly two more nights in the ITCZ.
Speaking of eggs, our favorite breakfast is eggs and we knew that we would not have the opportunity to purchase eggs for two months after our departure from Hawaii, so we researched the best choices; 1) $8.50 a dozen for free range, unwashed, and unrefrigerated eggs, or 2) $2.25 for 18 regular grade A white store eggs from Costco.
We have been told that Eggs that are unwashed and unrefrigerated will last longer than eggs that are washed and previously refrigerated.
As we eat approximately five eggs each morning we decided to buy 14 packs of 18 Costco eggs because we anticipate consuming at a rate faster than the egg could go bad. Our fridge isn’t big at all, so five of the cartons were left on the counter and we flip these 18 packs on the counter once a day.
Through research and our good friend Justin we learned how to tell a good egg from a bad egg. Place said egg in a body of water (cup or pot) and bad eggs will begin to float. Oddly enough our eggs were purchased on 6/29/16 and the eggs on the counter are still not floating and yummy! We have noticed when cracking the egg the yellow is easier to break and in the pan, the egg seems to be a little flatter. Enough about this eggperiment, on to other news.
King Neptune’s garden has been emptied 🙁 due to a possible impending ITCZ storm we took the four living plants of the 18 we started with on this trip and placed them in a tub in the aft head. Only there will they have a last fighting chance of survival.
Poseidon’s Garden fairs well and continues to flourish.
- Updates from the previous post:
Position: 12 degrees 36 minutes North and 157 degrees 38 minutes West – 133 miles traveled since our last Noon Report - 521 of 1049 miles are traveled thus far; half way!!
- Wind speed has averaged 18 to 22 knots on our port quarter and our average course still is about 170 degrees. – We both have seen the small moon!
Wade and Sara