July 18, 2001 -- Triumph and Over Eating

It became miserably hot in the aft stateroom last night, so I came up to the main saloon to sleep. I opened the hatch that has the windscoop and fell asleep in a lovely breeze. Mike woke me up at 6:20 AM AST so I could listen to weather. I noticed at that point that it had rained sometime during the night! I never felt a drop of rain. The windscoop works! In fact, it sprinkled several more times before 8:00 AM AST. At no point did we ever get any water inside the boat! I did the 'Happy Happy Joy Joy' dance at that! We headed into the marina at 9:15 AM AST to pick up the carpenter who is building hatch screens for us. Mike took him back to the boat while I walked to the Grand Anse with Micki from Beaujolais. We checked out CK's Case Lots store. They have some good prices on things. When it is time to get more dry goods we will definitely go back there. Unfortunately, I found out that the bakery section at the Food Fair does not bake their own bagels. So, there weren't any waiting! We walked back to the Real Value market at the Spiceland Mall. We picked up a few essentials as well as two kinds of Ben and Jerry's ice cream, From Russia with Buzz and Bovine Divinity. We took a taxi to the True Blue Resort where Steve and Nancy from Tahoe are staying while their boat is on the hard. We had a Beef Roti and ice cream for lunch while visiting with Steve and Nancy. Steve graciously took us around the point back to our boats on his dinghy. The carpenter had one of our hatch screens installed and was working on the second one when I arrived back. Mike had set out the chicken for the dinner tonight. We chatted briefly with Sue and Leon from Masade and then Ashley and Carol on Blind Date. Sam and Micki already knew what time to come over. Sue and Leon came over early since Sue volunteered to cook. She makes excellent Thai and Indian dishes. We were having Chicken Satay and Chicken in Garlic Sauce for dinner. As they started cooking, Mike and I alternately helped them in the galley and cleaned up the boat. The carpenter was still there so we worked around him. Everything came together just right. Mike ran the carpenter back to the boat while I vacuumed. Sue and Leon had a little while to relax after prepping the meal and I had just put the vacuum away when the first of our guests arrived. We had a wonderful evening of food, drink and conversation with Beaujolais, Masade and Blind Date. Ashley and Carol's grandson was visiting and proved to be the life of the party, when he wasn't watching movies