Thanksgiving

Martine and Fred came for a visit on Tuesday, November 22, bringing the mail and town access by car! We celebrated on board with Mexican popsicles, more like cremesicles concocted in dozens of flavors, purchased by Martine.

It was determined that their crowd would join us for a sail on the next calm day. By good fortune, that coincided with Thanksgiving.

Thursday, November 24

The self described herd of locusts boarded Gratitude and sent a delegation off to bring joy to the marina store by emptying its shelves of a goodly supply of chips and drinks before casting off. Anchoring at Gaviotta Island, they snorkeled the local reef, swam, napped and read books while Charlie and I scrubbed the boat’s bottom.

For lunch we moved a bit farther north to Balandra Bay, a most beautiful spot. Too bad we didn’t have time for a beach visit. This group of hardy athletes included a number of excellent sailors who, like us were looking forward to a good spinnaker run back to the marina.

Dinner at Bismarkcito on the Malecon concluded the day. Having nothing traditional for fare, the restaurant served up a feast of local seafood. To wrap ourselves in that good Thanksgiving feeling, at the end of dinner each of us described a place, an event and a group of people that we were grateful for.