Smith expressly said that this was not possible because anyone without the Urrim & Thumin stones would be destroyed by the plates. Other persons did not view and certainly touch the golden plates at all. He was into treasure hunting and claimed to be able to divine the location of buried treasure by peering at a magical stone in the bottom of his hat. What is clear is that even before he supposedly met Moroni, he was a person who was inclined towards fanciful & magical notions. It does not matter if J Smith was or wasn’t convicted. It amazes me how many Mormons are mfmeniorsid and ignorant of the true facts surrounding the origins of their religion and the supposed golden plates. So our updates may be less frequent.ĭon Stabbert was taking Starr into fuel with Mike after us, and took the picture above as we set off for Palmyra. But for most of the trip through the South Pacific we will be out of range of our KVH V7 and will have to use the more expensive BGAN at a memorable $8,000 per gig. We’ll be posting our route and other updates on the site ( ). If you’re fueling in Hawaii, there’s nobody else to call. We took on fuel from Mike Rossman’s Marine Petroleum Corporation–great service, good fuel, and excellent pricing. That will be 2,550 miles, plus two to three weeks of generator time. Our next fuel stop will be in Nuku Hiva, Marquesas Islands. We fueled up this morning and set off with 2,350 gallons of diesel, including all tankage. But other than a couple of quick trips to Canada, we’ve never actually left the US. We’ve travelled nearly 10,000 miles in Dirona, to Prince William Sound, up the Columbia and Snake Rivers to Idaho and across to Hawaii. And we’re finally actually leaving the US. Palmyra also is famous as the site of the Sea Wind murders, documented in the book and TV miniseries The Sea Will Tell.įrom Palmyra we’ll travel to another atoll in the Northern Line Islands: Fanning Island in the Republic of Kiribati. ![]() As a result, any boat visiting must have a rat inspection. The island recently went through a major de-ratting–the FV Aquila that we visited in Bell Harbor was part of that operation. Access to Palmyra requires a permit for a maximum seven day stay, and only two boats can visit at a time. The Nature Convervancy owns Palmyra Atoll, and jointly manages the island with the US Fish and Wildlife Service. Our first leg will be 960 miles south to Palmyra Atoll, a US national marine monument in the Northern Line Islands. But Kiribati, and most other countries we will visit over the next few months, require a Zarpe from the previous country entered. While we’ve left the US before, so far it’s only been to Canada, where a Zarpe is not required to enter the country. Yesterday we got our first ever outbound clearance paper, or Zarpe, leaving Honolulu bound for Fanning Island, Kiribati via Palmyra Atoll.
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