When in the world is Petey coming home........

Petey's family has all been sick. Millie has stopped wondering when her dad is coming home and has replaced it with "when will this cough ever go away"?? Mom's usually never do get a sick day in but single mom's definitely don't have the time.

Some of the other wives heard from their husbands on Tuesday and here is what they sent my way.

Vance Cook:

"I can't find the words to describe the amazing adventure we've been on. Surreal maybe. Scuba diving and snorkeling some of the most beauriful reefs in the world. Trekking through the jungle to see wallabies. Playing around fresh waterfalls that dump right into the ocean. A couple of us learning the hard way why you don't try to swim back through the waterfall after visiting the cave behind it. Eating the lobster and fish at night that you caught during the day. Everyone is well.

waterfalls at Kiti Kiti - Day 7

We've see dolphin, rays, lobster, turtles, sea snakes, lion fish, a shark and many other amazing creatures. The diving has been fantastic.

Raja Ampat - Day 2

Tomorrow morning early begins the last major phase of our adventure. We're getting long boats (canoes) and traveling hours up the river. We're anchoring our schooner in the bay while we're gone. We'll live with the extremely primitive Asmat tribe for 2 days and 2 nights. We'll eat what they eat, hunt what they hunt, and sleep where they sleep. We're trying to tank down as much food as possible since we don't know what or when we'll eat again. The group is excited but suffering from feelings of trepidation."

Jason Howard:

We went lobster hunting a couple of days ago and caught about 20 lobsters. We built a huge fireplace on the beach. The next day we sailed a couple of days and spent a lot of time playing cards and Yahtzee.

Triton Bay - Day 8 (Petey is the snorkeler in the brown Hawaiian trunks)

It's around 7:00 am now in Indonesia and we are in a very poor, small village. Very surreal. In the Muslim countries, there is a prayer signal that goes off all day and night. We woke up to one at 3:00 am.

Petey:

Headed home. Just got a text from Petey. They are loading up on the Atasita and beginning their long trek toward the airport. Didn't get too many details but just relieved he survived the Asmat experience. (Tal - the Asmat people wear those fun nose rings because they feel it is a decoration that makes them beautiful and expresses who they are.)

Atasita - Roughing it!!