Last night I lit our Christmas lights for the first time since there was a first-of-season Christmas party at the Navigator's, the base bar and grill here at the marina (closest to the airfield). There was a guy with an amped guitar playing (pretty good!), and the intent was that we all buy drinks and hang out. Did that, sang along, sang Happy Birthday to one of the boating ladies, and danced with the group.




Went home early, walking down to our end of the dock with Ginger and Maury and Charlie, while Grant was still playing Skyrim (reward for completing school).

When it's light out, the only "Christmassy" thing is the wreath. At night, the rails are lit and there is a triangle of Christmas lights that comes up in the usual sailboat way.


Got to say, getting those lights up the top-o-mast flag halyard was tough with one arm :-) Night pics of that later...

Had lunch with Grant in town at Garbo's Grill, which is a little, quilted, shiny metallic food trailer that serves at one corner of a car-park lot near the intersection of Greene and Simonton. Tasty freshly-prepared food to go (try anything with grouper or mahi in it. We also stopped at the Croissants de France at Grant's request, he's a fan of the pain au chocolat.

Then we came back to work on grading (me) and school (Grant).