We met John and Alex from the boat; 'Free Spirit' for the first time at this very moment you see on the photo below! When they arrived at Cat Tales, complete with these unique Santa hats, I liked them instantly. They're involved in the morning ham radio net that Denis from 'Tiger Lily II operates. We all tune in daily at 7:45 and Denis, a retired meteorologist, talks to a select few and discusses the weather as he sees it. When sailing, it's ALL about the weather and making safe passages from one place to another.
Here is Kristen and Terry from 'Silk Pajamas'. It's not easy to get Terry's picture, but I managed to get a great one on Christmas eve!
I had to say something pretty cute to get Denis and Arlene from 'Tiger Lily II' to smile like this...it's a little phrase I picked up from Terry to help get people to laugh while taking their pictures!
The usual division of male and female happens once again, and the gals are all together for the evening on one side of the cockpit and the boys in the other half! Boats are small, and female bonding is important!!
Here it is, Christmas morning and what do we see???
Well, gosh and by golly, it's actually Denis and Arlene, our Canadian friends from the boat 'Tiger Lily II' delivering their traditional sticky buns. We are honored to have received sticky buns 2 years in a row and are happy that we've become part of this fun tradition!
Christmas dinner today was at noon at a local beach bar. It exceeded our expectations and provided us with a nice breezy spot with comfortable chairs for the 10 of us to indulge on snacks and buffet 'drinks' for starters. Then we moved to the big table where we could make trips to the salad and dinner buffet. We were then served after dinner drinks along with dessert and espresso coffees. We couldn't have imagined anything better! Merry Christmas!!
We've waited for the winds to die down for 9 days now and it's finally time. We will pick up anchor and head out of this bay tomorrow along with everyone else! We expect it to be like a highway out there with boats moving north and south! We'll be heading north, but we're a bit undecided just where we'll go. The destination at this point is Dominica,which could take 3 or 4 days. After that, we're expecting the winds to go crazy again, so we could get storm stayed there while we hike the island...who knows??
Merry Christmas everyone!!
Love Dawn
