Mongoose on the Loose.

15 Jun 26 We said goodbye to Marius, a new friend Muishond made at the campground. He is Lithuanian and gave us some valuable advice. We’re trying to outrun the bad weather - absolutely no luck. We traveled to Klaipėda, hoping to see some sunshine but the rain followed us. Back up a little for the next story. Way back in March 2025 when we visited our friends in Brisbane, we had a run-in with Cyclone Alfred. We all stayed on their houseboat for as long as possible and then all of us moved to higher ground. At the same time, a Lithuanian rower, on his way from San Diego to Brisbane got caught up in said cyclone. He was dramatically rescued by the Australian Navy and NSR. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2rupLUntDE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2rupLUntDE So today, trying to find our way to the ferry terminal, a tall, bearded guy stopped and asked if we needed help. I saw the Australian War Memorial badge on his shirt and pointed at it. He said he got it from the Navy 🙂. Turns out this is the guy who was rescued some 700km from us in Brisbane way back then. Aurimas Mockus. We caught a ferry and bus to Nida on the Curonian Spit. After setting up camp we took a quick walk to the beach. So near and yet so far. 😢 All borders are now closed. He was thinking about it… … until he saw this one. 🤣 Baltic Sea