Party Central

 It's been hot and wet here.  Even the long-time liveaboards are complaining.  Still, nothing comes between Dave and his liquor!

Happy Hour (non-copyrighted, patent not pending) Friday night had to wait until the squall went by.  Then it was a beautiful night on Jeff and Jose's trimaran.  Cap't Tim had heard rumors of a cyclone next week and the group spent most of the night telling cyclone stories and gaming out what to do if one were coming.  Pretty interesting discussion.  I bought cube ice again from the filling station so ice cold G&Ts were the order of the day.

Full Moon party last night.  Watched the space station fly by and saluted it with our glasses.  Really good food except that after a hot day I have little appetite.  That and the fact that I forget that to make a macaroni salad you have to boil water...in the galley...in the boat...when it's steaming out.  And then - then you have to cool the macaroni.  With what?  The water in the holding tank is bathwater warm.  And you have to cool the hard-boiled eggs.  With what?  The same water in the holding tank.  Yeah, planning ahead not a strong suit for this boy.  Anyway, I took a warm tuna macaroni salad to shore, shoved it in the fridge there and set it out a few hours later.  I haven't heard of anyone dying yet.  And a lot of it went!  Ian made cabbage rolls, Cap't Tim made a Vietnamese spicy salad, there were won-ton dumplings, chips and salsa, chocolate cake and some other bars.  And wine.  I didn't get to sample the bottle brought direct from Paris; I was busy playing guitar.

Our little band is starting to gel.  There's a guy with a sax who promises to come next time.  Ian took video of us doing Piano Man, which is Brian's magnum opus.  I'm paying him to not put it out on Facebook.