More Hope Town

I dropped BJ off at the beach and came back to the boat to do some work, since the Outer Islands Internet (oii) network was back up. As I was about to go rescue her from the impending rain, our friends on VOILA came and docked next to use at the Hope Town Marina. I told them of VHF that it was an OK marina as long as they did not need showers or the bathrooms. They don't care, because they are fairly self-contained in their 43' Aft Cabin.

Mike and Karen had asked if I could give them a ride in my dinghy, since that is the only way to get out of this side of the harbor. While I was waiting, the rain clouds opened up and it started pouring. I told them I had to go pick up BJ because she was stuck on the beach. They did not want to go in the rain anyways. As soon as I got 100 feet off the dock, it really started to rain. I ran over to the public docks, jumped off and started to run over to the beach, when my flip flops fell off. They don't stay on if they are wet. So I picked up my sandals, and held them as I ran to the beach in my bare feet. As I passed Captain Jacks, I heard my name being called out through and open window. I stopped and saw BJ and our friends David and Michelle from RIPPLE. This was the only place she knew so she ducked in there when it started raining. The rain was continuing, so the only thing we could do is try the local concoction: The Hammer Jack. It tasted like most of the other local drinks but it was pretty good.

When the rain stopped, I ran across to the marina again to pick up Mike and Karen. We had a mini reunion at Captain Jacks and had lunch together. During lunch Mike told us that following his check-in at the marina, the dockmaster asked him to follow. They went around a building into some wooded area. Once they were in between two buildings, he took a key and unlocked a door and said "I heard someone tell you that our showers are not that good, so I just thought you should see that they are pretty nice." We all laughed, and I added that he probably did not show you the functionality, or the lack thereof. After lunch we went our different ways as I was hosting dinner this night, and RIPPLE was supposed to bring the appetizers.

Dinner was awesome. The VIOLA folks retired early, because they are going to leave tomorrow since the weather will be nice. We decided to skip Harbor Island and stay until Saturday so we did not! At 11:15 my dock neighbor got upset and knocked on the boat for us to turn it down since it was already midnight. (Sound familiar?) I did not tell him that his clock was wrong, but we did take the party down below and shut off the sub-woofer. There were no more complaints after that. We had a great time and made plans to enter the RIPPLE in the regatta that was taking place on Wednesday.