Adventures of Fly Aweigh: Tonga to Fiji - Day 3
9/6/2010
Well, yesterday's cereal didn't make it past late afternoon, marking an historic occasion for me: I've held a non-barfing record since 1962, and been quite proud of it, I must sayBut yesterday I learned some things: one, instant relief! That's nice.
And two, apparently I need to chew my food more thoroughlyAllan commented that the sun-dried tomato and cheese crackers he had eaten "tasted as good coming up as they did going down." Ah, the romance of sailing.
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