Strokin Dancin and Brown Tip

Nipper's Bar Need More Kalik w/ Atlantic

Before we left Grabbers in the afternoon, Robin narrowly defeated Bill in a Bocce Ball match (but no, we are not old - at least it was not bingo or shuffleboard - and it was overlooking a gorgeous harbour with palm trees).  Then.... Oh what a night! We arrived with the boys wearing illuminated and flashing tiaras (they were really meant as a Valentine's present for the girls but the boys looked so cute in them that the girls made the boys wear them) and we got the party started!! Every lady there was envious of the Valentine embellishments!  We danced all night with Brown Tip.  Many dances to "Strokin" (Ed's favorite song--and he knew every word). The band was so nice to let us accompany them:  AliHaHa on the bongos, Robin on the saw and Bill on the maraccas. Oh my word, it was a sight to see! Only one casualty on the way home when Nohu took a dinghy dip on the way back to the boat. After a "rocking" night, we took off for Elbow Cay and moored at Hope Town. Cloudy and a bit of drizzle along the way. Bloody Marys kept us warm. Lunch at Harbour's Edge, naps, then dinner on board (rock fish - delicious, thank you, Bill). Next morning, up to the top of the Light House, then rented a golf cart and drove to the south end of Elbow Cay - Ed was our main driver, but he allowed Alison and Paige to drive just enough to give us all a little whiplash. Down to Tahiti Beach and a quick stop at Sea Spray Marina (bought all the boys matching shirts - thank you , Junior and Rodney). Lunch at Abaco Inn overlooking the beautiful Atlantic. Back to Hope Town and walked around. Dinner on board (Gary's chicken piccata - yum!), a little music and a game of Mexican Train, then early to bed. Next morning, the girls dinghied to town to do a little shopping, then met the boys and the boat. Off to Little Harbour we went - a little bit of a chilly and beautiful sail. Great mooring... Delicious lunch thanks to Paige's butternut lasagna, relaxing afternoon... dinghy rides around the harbour, trying to catch up with the turtles... some of us went to Pete's Pub to get some Blasters to go, and Ed climbed up on the roof to write "Go Hokies" - wish we had a camera with us to take his picture! Anticipating shrimp with red wine reduction and kalamata bread for dinner tonight...