Independence Day
Saturday, July 8
The Lagoon, St. George, Grenada
Being that Grenada did NOT ratify its Constitution on July 4, the people of Grenada believe that July 4 is just another day. Undeterred, we nominated Dreamweaver, who has the biggest boat (by far--it's a 48-foot Krogan trawler), to host our celebration. Paul and Karin are southerners, and they keep a tiled smoker on their top deck for just such occasions.
The food at the party was a strange mix of American cookout meets West Indian vegetable market. We had potato salad; mahi mahi with mango chutney; chocolate cake; and nutmeg ice cream. Nutmeg ice cream is surprisingly good, so I saved room for a second helping.
Val on Eira introduced a new party game for the adults, where each person had to write down a true sentence about him or herself on a sheet of paper. The sheets were scrambled and selected randomly by another to read, and then everyone had to guess who wrote the sentence. Here is what I learned about my fellow cruisers, without naming names: one cruiser has spent a night in a Georgia jail, another once partied at the pyramids in Egypt with the Grateful Dead, another had a horse that was struck by lightning, another hiked the entire Appalachian Trail, and another had lunch with Jimmy Buffet in Aspen. Those were the most colorful ones, and I guessed all but one of them wrong!
It looks like the engine is working! We're leaving at 2PM today, Saturday.
The Lagoon, St. George, Grenada
Being that Grenada did NOT ratify its Constitution on July 4, the people of Grenada believe that July 4 is just another day. Undeterred, we nominated Dreamweaver, who has the biggest boat (by far--it's a 48-foot Krogan trawler), to host our celebration. Paul and Karin are southerners, and they keep a tiled smoker on their top deck for just such occasions.
The food at the party was a strange mix of American cookout meets West Indian vegetable market. We had potato salad; mahi mahi with mango chutney; chocolate cake; and nutmeg ice cream. Nutmeg ice cream is surprisingly good, so I saved room for a second helping.
Val on Eira introduced a new party game for the adults, where each person had to write down a true sentence about him or herself on a sheet of paper. The sheets were scrambled and selected randomly by another to read, and then everyone had to guess who wrote the sentence. Here is what I learned about my fellow cruisers, without naming names: one cruiser has spent a night in a Georgia jail, another once partied at the pyramids in Egypt with the Grateful Dead, another had a horse that was struck by lightning, another hiked the entire Appalachian Trail, and another had lunch with Jimmy Buffet in Aspen. Those were the most colorful ones, and I guessed all but one of them wrong!
It looks like the engine is working! We're leaving at 2PM today, Saturday.
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