A test email update as we prepare to launch once again. We've been in temporary suspension since our first attempt in November/December 2020 to take possession of Hiva Oa and make the trans-equatorial passage from Tahiti to Hawaii.
With the countdown clock at just 10 days before our latest scheduled departure (after many cancelled flights and temporary border closures), we finally received official guidelines for entering Tahiti during this stage of the Covid pandemic: vaccinated travelers from the US are permitted with a comprehensive testing protocol but unvaccinated travelers (including people under 16 years old) are required to quarantine at the government facility for 10 days. Jeff and I have received vaccinations our children are not yet eligible, as there is no approved dosage for young persons yet.
Jeff and I considered the options of further postponement 1) of delaying our travel, or 2) subjecting ourselves to Tahitian quarantine, or arranging a separate travel plan for Olivia and Camila. We reached out to Jeff's sister Kristen and her family, and they lovingly invited the girls to stay with them in Oklahoma until we return with Hiva Oa.
Again, as we have so many times this year, we pivot and restart from a new position.
