Late this morning I took the dinghy over to Crown Bay Marina, threw out the garbage, got a taxi and went over to the airport to meet our friends, Joe and Valerie, who were coming to spend this week with us on Leu Cat. Their plane was schedule to be on time.

As I waited, I discovered why we were hearing music at night, coming from Charlotte Amelie that is on the other side of Hassel Island from us. As it turns out, it is Carnival! I discovered this by talking to the two lovely young girls that you see on each side of me in the photo posted to this blog. They were there to greet each passenger that was arriving in St. Thomas and welcoming them to Carnival. I had learned that between noon and 1PM, nine planes were arriving: each loaded with passengers. That is a lot of greeting.

In addition to the barely clad girls, there was a steel drummer and a bar area set up behind me offered free shots of Cruzan rum. It certainly was party time!

However, that is where the party ended for me. As I waited for Joe and Valerie, their plane arrived, people deboarded and then filed past me. No Joe and Valerie. Another plane came and the same thing happened. A third and then a fourth plane came and still no Joe and Valerie.

I walked over to a group of people in baggage claim and asked if they were on the American flight which Joe and Valerie were supposed to be on. They said they were. Still no Joe and Valerie.

After waiting a while longer and trying to use my smart phone to research the situation, I gave up and returned to the marina, hopped in the dinghy and returned to Leu Cat. Hmmmm.

Now armed with my computer, I could really do my research. Alas, I finally discovered that I had blown the arrival date for Joe and Valerie. They are coming tomorrow, not today. Opps!

Sounds to me that I will get to do this all over again tomorrow…