Happy Halloween!
31 October 2006 | The Tobago Cays
We had a marvelous Halloween!! We were with La Gallipote and Carapan and had a super day! We had a scavenger hunt for the kids in the afternoon, they had to find a variety of items such as a coconut, palm frond, white coral(dead), a Canadian penny, shell with hole, flip flop, nutmeg, grain of salt etc.. It kept them busy for close to an hour , dinghying from boat to boat in search of the items. Then they built a fire pit on one of the beaches for our wienie roast scheduled for later in the evening. We all met on La Gallipote dressed in our costumes at 4pm and headed out in the dinghies to go trick or treating at 430! The costumes were great, a pirate, a skateboard punk, a yellow crayola, spiderman, a witch, an assasin and the adults joined in as Captain Ron, a pirate, a fortune teller, a tennis pro, and a shark! We are in the Tobago Cays and there are close to 25 boats anchored here (mostly charter boats which are picked up in Canouan, the island next door). All 6 kids piled into one dingy with Sharky Mark at the helm and the adluts in the other with Captain Ron leading us! Roxane, Lisa and I had visited a dozen sailboats earlier in the day to prepare and ask if it would be OK to come trick or treating. The kids recieved a terrific variety of treats from the boats- a coconut, bag of peanuts, Sprite, popcorn, Granola bars, bag of potatoe chips and of course some candy, lollipops and bubble gum, one boat did have chocolate and another gave each child one stick of Wrigleys chewing gum! Another boat showed us a big beautiful lobster but did not part with it! We had a bonfire on the beach afterwards, roasted hot dogs and had a nice dinner while making new friends! It was a memorable Halloween for all!