It's Wednesday afternoon now & we are heading in to Massawa after all. Dave did not want to go, he wanted to catch up with our buddies on "Dream Keeper" & go kiteboarding but they got too far ahead, the weather was changing and we need some fresh food.... so looks like we are checking into Eritrea.

We really enjoyed our brief stay out at the island. Met a new bunch of cruisers from a different convoy. We met on the beach all 3 nights & played. It was a fun time.

Yesterday was a work day for us. First I cleaned out the dinghy. It was a dirty mess with all the sand & dirt from those 2 nasty ports (Salalah & Aden). Then Dave joined me & we cleaned up DirtyBird's bottom. Dave took the outsides which had the most growth. I did the 2 insides BUT, he had the only suction cup & I had to kick to stay next to the boat. I was getting pretty tired so we teamed up & did the other hull together. We think she probably couldn't move very well with that 1 inch grass beard that she was growing. ICK.

We were starving by the time we got finished & had a late lunch, no snorkeling. Everyone met on the beach for a smoked fish dinner at 5:00. Two of the cruisers fished along the reef & caught 3 big fish which Bryce on "Silver Fern" smoked on the beach. It was excellent. YUMMY. Everyone brought a dish. I made black beans & rice with corn. It was tasty too. We played Bocci Ball & visited until long past dark. No mosquitos!!!!!!~!