Do You Know the Way...
28 July 2009 | Jennis Bay, Drury Inlet
WX: CAVU, temp 85, wind L/V

...to Jennis Bay, that is. Dreamtime does. When we visited here a couple of weeks ago, we just missed Allyson's "Cajun Night" by one day. She had Royal Victoria Yacht Club coming in for it, so there was no way we could have stayed. But this time, when Gary said they'd like to see Drury Inlet and it looked like we'd be there on Tuesday, we quickly emailed Allyson and said, "Sign us up!"
We pulled in at about 1400 and found ourselves the last to arrive! Jennis Bay still seems to be the hot ticket in the Broughtons this summer, and deservedly so. Tom and Allyson have worked very hard to make it a fun spot. We jumped right in, Deva and Charlie volunteering to help crack crab while Diane went off to build a salad and Gary got volunteered as the "Official Taster." (We forgot to mention to Allyson that this is a man who eats RAW jalapenos so his assessment of whether the jambalaya was spicy enough might not have been entirely in keeping with the usual norms.)
Dinner was, needless to say, fabulous. Allyson had said she wouldn't do a campfire on Cajun Night because she was too slammed with the preparation and subsequent clean-up. But once again, everyone jumped in, helping to clear tables, put away decorations, and wash dishes and she had no option but to drag out her guitar and join Charlie at the campfire circle. It was a little more outgoing crowd this time and everyone seemed to have a good time either singing or just tapping their feet to the songs. Gary told us the music could be heard down at the boats and it sounded good. He might have been hinting that it probably sounded better from a distance! ("Can you play Far Far Away?")