April 27, 2018. UTC 1905 Lat 00°00’N Lon 126°16.4’W. SOG 6kts. 20% cloud cover.

We knew we would be approaching the equator when we got up today. Many have made momentous events out of this crossing. Most have kept the tradition of toasting to King Neptune for safe passage. We also decided to make it a celebratory event but with food. Although it was festive, Monica spent most of her waking hours preparing a Key Lime Pie, ginger ale, and a nice dinner. Since we were in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, our motion on the boat determined our pie design. The oven was gimballed to keep the oven upright at most angles of our heel but the pie came out with a definite slope on its surface.

In order to capture the moment, we took lots of posed pictures. The order was to don our swimsuits so that we looked somewhat coordinated not in our varying degrees of wearing as little fabric as possible to keep cool.

After lots of pictures, we gave the girls the gifts they picked out for each other to gift at our Equator Crossing. They picked out Legos and Playmobil. The new toys broke up their daily monotony.