02/09/2010, Thompson Bay, Long Island

January 30th, 2010 Thompson Bay, Long Island
We were planning on heading to shore today to do a load of laundry but the wind was from the south east and we may not have been able to our clothes back dry. So we stayed aboard and worked on projects listening to Big Ten basketball most of the day.
Bob ( Savage Son) called and invited us over for his pre-birthday party that evening. We marinated a flank steak to grill and made a salad out of black-eyed peas, onion, green pepper and celery. Just before we left I seared some tuna at brought it along as hors d'oeuvres. We were joined by Jay and Di (Far Niente) had pleasant evening and a wonderful meal.
We returned in time for most of the second half of MSU's 9th Big Ten win.

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02/09/2010, Thompson Bay, Long Island

January 30th, 2010 Thompson Bay, Long Island
We were planning on heading to shore today to do a load of laundry but the wind was from the south east and we may not have been able to our clothes back dry. So we stayed aboard and worked on projects listening to Big Ten basketball most of the day.
Bob ( Savage Son) called and invited us over for his pre-birthday party that evening. We marinated a flank steak to grill and made a salad out of black-eyed peas, onion, green pepper and celery. Just before we left I seared some tuna at brought it along as hors d'oeuvres. We were joined by Jay and Di (Far Niente) had pleasant evening and a wonderful meal.
We returned in time for most of the second half of MSU's 9th Big Ten win.

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02/09/2010, Thompson Bay, Long Island

January 29th, 2010 Thompson Bay, Long Island
We didn't really do too much today. After the nets Kathy spent some time puttering and cleaning the stove.
The Ministry of Tourism was sponsoring a party tonight at the Island Breeze in honor of the "Winter Residents" and cruisers were invited as well. Although food and drinks are free, we were asked to bring a salad or desert so I made a batch of brownies to take along.
Around 2pm I took the dinghy in to the Island Breeze to help Mike set up for the party. I carried tables, erected tents for a couple of hours before returning to "Sapphire."
At 6 we dinghied back just as the program was beginning. There were remarks by local politicians, and various Ministry Officials with elementary students reciting poetry. After an hour of so speeches, some well prepared, some not so, the rum punch table opened and there was a huge line for food. There were chicken wings, conch fritters, and grouper fingers left by the time we made it to the front.
There was a reasonably good band and there always a few brave souls on the dance floor. We spent another hour or so talking to other cruisers before heading back to the boat where we watched the movie "Longitude" which I had seen years ago on PBS.

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