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Landing with our bum in the butter

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Are you kidding me.....this beach all to ourselves ? Social media is over-run with them........the major news outlets abound with them..........people can't get enough of stories detailing the harrowing conditions sailors are enduring as the Coronavirus pandemic continues. "Stranded at Sea 2020" on Facebook is one of our favorites; small cruising boats pin-balling from country to country, rejected at each port.......low on food, fuel, and almost out of options. Appalling. Meanwhile on L'ORIENT, we've been experiencing the pandemic in, let's just say, less challenging conditions. Huge chandlery is a quick car ride away......masks not optional We realize that our blog (which some say is the most influential lifestyle blog in the NW Hawaiian Islands) must now be reaching millions of new readers, so I'll recap. In January, we traversed the Panama Canal and left our beloved Caribbean behind us. Beginning February 13, we sailed 28 days to Nuku Hiva ...