Gilligan's Island Picnic!

What a fun day today! Bobby the Viking had the great idea of inviting everyone in the harbor (on the daily VHF radio net) to dinghy over to an uninhabited island past Sombrero Beach, called Gilligan's Island, for grilled chicken fajitas. He brought his grill and big bag of marinated chicken breasts and tortillas and cheese and I brought grilled onions and others brought chips and homemade salsa! Yum! 15 of us from 9 boats followed "Beastie" over to the island at 11 am for a great lunch! There would've been a bigger turn-out if the weather hadn't started out cloudy with a bit of rain, but by noon, it was another Keys-perfect day! Libby had a blast running off-leash with 3 other dogs and one 25 pound cat, named "Crew" from S/V "Old Broad". We all had such a great time, that we voted unanimously to come back every Saturday from now on! I'm happy to report that Daren got our wind generator up and running and it's nice and quiet and seems to be producing electricity, too! Daren took a photo of it spinning, but the camera froze the blades! Anyway, you get the idea! We had a wonderful grilled snapper dinner last night on M/V "Caveat" with JoElla and Gary and their neighbors Bill and Diane on M/V "Tugnacious". JoElla and Diane are both talented quilters and Mah Jongg players and we all go to the same church, New Life AG, down the street. JoElla has a missionary friend in the San Blas Islands near Panama, and she's making gorgeous wall hangings and book covers using the Cuna Indians' intricate cotton molas to sell and help finance the mission..."Molas for Missions". Diane's making quilted notebook covers for a girl's orphanage in Brazil. They both have sewing spaces on their boats! I'm inspired by them to make new cushions, but will prob'ly work in the marina's "club house", since I like to spread out and make a mess! Hope you're having a great 2013 so far! Daren's going back to Modesto this Thursday, Jan. 10th, and Libby and I miss him already! Time sure flies when he's home!