Greetings
from More Pacific Ocean,
We are
currently at Latitude 4° 44.00’N and Longitude 147
06.19’W and will cross the equator at around
6:00pm today. We are passing the Line
Islands, known for its largest and most famous island, Kiribati, more popularly
known as Christmas Island.

The Pacific
Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth’s
oceanic divisions covering 63,800,000 square miles or 46 % of the planet’s
water surface and one-third of the total surface area of Earth. This makes it larger than all of Earth’s land
area combined. It’s mean depth is 13,000
feet. The Mariana Trench is in the
western North Pacific and is the deepest part of any ocean at 37,797 feet or
over seven miles deep.
The ocean’s name came from the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand
Magellan during the Spanish circumnavigation of the globe in 1521, as he
encountered favorable winds upon reaching the ocean. He called it Mar Pacifico, which means “peaceful
sea”….sorry pal, got that one wrong.
Must be a casualty of climate change.
Hey! It gets blamed for
everything else.
Now that you have more information about this robust body of
water, I am going to take you back to the rim of Haleakala on the island of
Maui. The observatory you see below is
at the top and is the highest land-based telescope on Earth. Look really close in one photo and you will
see a line of wind turbines running up the West Mountains. These were forced on the Hawaiian people by
the Obama Administration, against the strong protests from the locals. As they like to point out, after a hundred million
of their tax dollars being spent, the turbines are on the Leeward side of the
island, where the winds are routinly light or NON-EXISTANT! Less than 10 % of all electricity generated for
the island comes from this politically motivated boondoggle. Everyone makes mistakes I guess.
Time to move on to Nuka
Hiva and Fakarava in the Marquesas. Let us know if you are enjoying the voyage.
God Bless you all.
Jud and Vicki
❤️❤️❤️❤️
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