"Water, water everywhere....

...but not a drop to spare." That's right, we are on a very small island with thousands upon thousands of square miles of ocean surrounding us and we are under water rationing. Evidently, they are experiencing drought conditions in Majuro even though it rains at least some every day. The city has limited the hotel to one day a week for reservoir water, which is down from the normal level of 28 million to a current level of 8 million. Sounds serious. At least the hotel has the option of getting that city water once a week. All households on the island can only count on the rainwater they collect in a tank as runoff from their rain gutters. Seriously. When that runs out, you have no water. Here in the hotel, we get water from 6-9 in the morning and 6-8 in the evening. We have to plan around that. It is amazing what we take for granted. I cannot tell you how many times in two days that I have put soap on my hands and tried to turn on the water at the wrong time and all I got was a gurgling sound. Things could be worse I guess. All in all, we are doing great. Kim will update you on the current goings on soon but I had a couple of minutes and wanted to tell you all about our water situation. ron