Sunday, September 7. 2008
The last day of Promenades charter season!
We were wandering around Peter Island, going from one hot humid spot to another yesterday, and the hottest being tied on the dock at Little Harbor on peter so they could walk around there. I was glad to get off of there! Then to Peter Island Resort so the women (and Rich) could go shopping (Rich wondered how many times women could circle the little room there looking at things...apparently quite a few!) The men smartly stayed back and took the opportunity for a nap while I had the A/C on cooking.
Dan had a special request to go back to Salt Island for the last snorkel and night, so off we went. Did not have to twist our arms to much with it being our favorite place! A couple of us went in for a snorkel, this is Dan...
and I took this wonderful picture of the Promenade in the sunset tonight. I really liked this.
The last nights dinner! Always a sad time, but maybe not tonight as I was making beef and broccoli for dinner and when it got down to the nitty gritty of stir frying, I found out that we had NOT ONE drop of Soy sauce on board! So, I attempted to make up for it with other things, like chicken broth, the little spice packages out of RAMEN noodles ( I figured they had to have soya sauce in them, after all they were chinese!) Lets just say that i overcompensated well and it was a tad salty! But, very good, the meat was tender and it was about perfect for the last night we had stuffed so much food down their gullets all week!
It was an enjoyable week, Dan and Nancy, who have been on here 6 times, (and already have the 7th trip booked!) , Ed and Emily, newlyweds and Emily figured out she did not need all her make up bags she brought once she discovered the joy of fishing and the most memorable photo of the week was her hugging her Tarpon to her chest! Holly and Bill, Bill did not move to far, but enjoyed his day immensely marking it by the different beverages, beer at breakfast, onto Rum, cognac after dinner and whatever else was put in his way, Holly looks so demure but wait until she opens her mouth! and Dick and Barb, Dick who has gained 40 lbs over the last ten years as opposed to my 50 over the last ten, so we bonded over that. Barb weighed about a 103 lbs only! We found out once again, that politics, religion and abortion are not good subjects to bring up in close quarters! We enjoyed each and every one of you and are so happy that we avoided the hurricanes and had such a fun week!
They left us some great comments in the guest book...
We would be happy to do it again & again & again. Thanks. Dick and Barb
Superb! Thanks to the crew for their cunning plans and anticipation of all our needs. Holly and Bill
Thank you for such a great trip. We avoided the hurricanes but started a new frenzy with Emily's fishing prowess!!! See you on another trip! Ed and Emily
Dan and Nancy did not leave a comment! I guess they figured that they were running out of things to say after 6 trips!! However, the group, with Nancy as a ringleader in 3 of the 4 ladies managed to drink a case and a half of chardonnay! (OK, only 17 so we could not say that they drank the boat dry of chardonnay!)
To all our guests, thank you until next time!
My mother must be teasing me today. I look at my email but what do I see but a picture of my Lioness!!! They took a ride out to visit her today. Somehow that is strangely comforting that someone is keeping an eye on our baby for the winter!
My brother from Alberta is visiting them, he showed up about the time we left so they went down to see the Harbor Seals...
And, since we have decided that we are purchasing a vehicle on island, that brings up a lot of back and forth between Bazza and I "No we don't want a island car, but we don't need brand new"
"We need 4 wheel drive" I want A/C and 4 doors so it is a bit bigger for getting in and out. He wants either a ute or a van so he can carry at least a piece of plywood around, but maybe ok with the seats folding down...and on it goes! You can probably believe that whether it carried plywood or not was not real high on my had to have list!! What is the point of this story? Well, my brother found a truck that he thought we could ship down and it would be perfect for us here! I imagine that would be cheap from the west coast of Canada!
We are now done charters until Nov 2nd. Richard and Lisa are trying to figure out how to fit almost three years worth of stuff into a very few suitcases! Quite amusing to watch. I mentioned that they may want to have lots of garbage bags ready, as we do for the rest of the boat as well. It is that time every year, where we go through it, throw out all the stuff that has not been used for years, or looks horrible, and then get onto the billion little jobs that have to be done to get it into fall chartering shape again. Yes, more pictures of us sewing and painting on the blog I am sure!
Dan had a special request to go back to Salt Island for the last snorkel and night, so off we went. Did not have to twist our arms to much with it being our favorite place! A couple of us went in for a snorkel, this is Dan...
and I took this wonderful picture of the Promenade in the sunset tonight. I really liked this.
The last nights dinner! Always a sad time, but maybe not tonight as I was making beef and broccoli for dinner and when it got down to the nitty gritty of stir frying, I found out that we had NOT ONE drop of Soy sauce on board! So, I attempted to make up for it with other things, like chicken broth, the little spice packages out of RAMEN noodles ( I figured they had to have soya sauce in them, after all they were chinese!) Lets just say that i overcompensated well and it was a tad salty! But, very good, the meat was tender and it was about perfect for the last night we had stuffed so much food down their gullets all week!
It was an enjoyable week, Dan and Nancy, who have been on here 6 times, (and already have the 7th trip booked!) , Ed and Emily, newlyweds and Emily figured out she did not need all her make up bags she brought once she discovered the joy of fishing and the most memorable photo of the week was her hugging her Tarpon to her chest! Holly and Bill, Bill did not move to far, but enjoyed his day immensely marking it by the different beverages, beer at breakfast, onto Rum, cognac after dinner and whatever else was put in his way, Holly looks so demure but wait until she opens her mouth! and Dick and Barb, Dick who has gained 40 lbs over the last ten years as opposed to my 50 over the last ten, so we bonded over that. Barb weighed about a 103 lbs only! We found out once again, that politics, religion and abortion are not good subjects to bring up in close quarters! We enjoyed each and every one of you and are so happy that we avoided the hurricanes and had such a fun week!
They left us some great comments in the guest book...
We would be happy to do it again & again & again. Thanks. Dick and Barb
Superb! Thanks to the crew for their cunning plans and anticipation of all our needs. Holly and Bill
Thank you for such a great trip. We avoided the hurricanes but started a new frenzy with Emily's fishing prowess!!! See you on another trip! Ed and Emily
Dan and Nancy did not leave a comment! I guess they figured that they were running out of things to say after 6 trips!! However, the group, with Nancy as a ringleader in 3 of the 4 ladies managed to drink a case and a half of chardonnay! (OK, only 17 so we could not say that they drank the boat dry of chardonnay!)
To all our guests, thank you until next time!
My mother must be teasing me today. I look at my email but what do I see but a picture of my Lioness!!! They took a ride out to visit her today. Somehow that is strangely comforting that someone is keeping an eye on our baby for the winter!
My brother from Alberta is visiting them, he showed up about the time we left so they went down to see the Harbor Seals...
And, since we have decided that we are purchasing a vehicle on island, that brings up a lot of back and forth between Bazza and I "No we don't want a island car, but we don't need brand new"
"We need 4 wheel drive" I want A/C and 4 doors so it is a bit bigger for getting in and out. He wants either a ute or a van so he can carry at least a piece of plywood around, but maybe ok with the seats folding down...and on it goes! You can probably believe that whether it carried plywood or not was not real high on my had to have list!! What is the point of this story? Well, my brother found a truck that he thought we could ship down and it would be perfect for us here! I imagine that would be cheap from the west coast of Canada!
We are now done charters until Nov 2nd. Richard and Lisa are trying to figure out how to fit almost three years worth of stuff into a very few suitcases! Quite amusing to watch. I mentioned that they may want to have lots of garbage bags ready, as we do for the rest of the boat as well. It is that time every year, where we go through it, throw out all the stuff that has not been used for years, or looks horrible, and then get onto the billion little jobs that have to be done to get it into fall chartering shape again. Yes, more pictures of us sewing and painting on the blog I am sure!
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