Merry Christmas from Jolly Harbor
01 January 2014 | Jolly Harbor, Antigua
Connie Rosenthal
Ran into acquaintances from St. John, VI and renewed our friendship. Sandwich and Fuego are fire dancers and now have a 3 year-old son named Buckaroo and they happily live aboard s/v Hanuman. After hanging out and attending Sandwich's yoga classes, seems we may be joining forces and traveling together.
Meanwhile, Jessica & Mitch on s/v Kynda arrived on Christmas Eve and settled into the slip next to us. Hanuman took the slip next to them and a lovely Christmas dinner was celebrated aboard our boat, s/v Gitanos.
Actually fit a 12 pound turkey in my Force 10 stove and cooked it my usual way by stuffing it with apples, pears, onions and butter and sealing with foil to steam all night. Next day, opened and browned and voila! Also had dressing, cranberry sauce, giblet gravy, deviled eggs, pumpkin bread, sweet potato casserole, mashed potatoes, broccoli, crescent rolls and two sparkling bottles of Prosecco.
Easily fit all 7 around the table in the salon of Gitanos. Created a Christmas tree from a tiered cupcake stand, Christmas balls and lights...twas lovely. Finished the night singing Karaoke with Mitch & Jess. Great time!