11-25-07 log entry

Didnt sleep in too late, wanted to get over to Marina Cay while there were still some moorings left. I watched as boat after boat left Trellis and headed for other places, not Marina Cay which was north of trellis bay a mile or two. We looked for the turtle again this morning but he was nowhere to be seen. It was a short motor over to Marina Cay and there were several moorings vacant. We grabbed one that was pretty close to the dock where we could get ice, diesel and gas for the dinghy outboard. We loaded up the dinghy with our beach stuff and headed ashore. What a great place this was. I know "again". The bar/resturaunt was a mere 50 feet from the water. There was a rather large reef protecting this really small island that left the anchorage protected. We sat down at one of the tables, and ordered a pain killer, or 2. After reading for awhile, we went snorkeling but didn't really see anything. We cut the snorkeling short since we knew we were going to monkey point tomorrow. Good snorkelng there they say.
As the afternoon wore on, all these people started showing up, dressed quite nicely for the islands. Then we saw the bride scoping out the area. There was going to be a wedding. "WEDDING CRASHERS" here we come. It was a very nice ceremony, we could not see much but didn't really care. the steel drum band was really cool. There were tons of appetizers, fruit, shrimp, barbecue, you name it. The sun was starting to go down and I overheard one of the guests say something like "There is dinner too, I ate enough veggies to go all night." Yes indeed they had a full sit down dinner to boot. After the toasts were done they plugged in the cd player and started playing some really cool sounding vocal and trumpet duo stuff. Of course I was paying close attention to this, cause I have always wondered how I could perform in a small group and never could get the right idea. Now I had it. I listened a little more intently and said to Patti, that trumpet is not canned, it's got to be live. Sure enough, live from Marina Cay, the vocal and trumpet duo of Carol and Gene. They are both retired US armed services bandmembers. They were currently living at Cane Garden Bay, our second most favorite place that we have found on this trip.
Patti says
This is another small island, quite like Saba Rock, but just a bit bigger.
It was the site of the old movie, "My Virgin Island". I spent part of the day shopping for Christmas presents in the Prusser Co. store. It was a very relaxing day, but right when we were ready to return to the boat, we got a real downpour. Sat on the beach under a thatched roofed picnic table 'til the shower passed. The tropical showers appear very suddenly here. We learned early on not to leave the hatches and ports open on the boat when we leave it We have had many emergency hatch closures while on the boat We also found out that the bimini will not keep out the rain, only the sun!