We Have Company!

Dave and Lorna arriving at the Airport

Island Transportation to Southside Marina

Dave and Lorna Gibson have arrived from Oberlin, Ohio to Provo in the Turks & Caicos!!! They are our first guests for Adventure 2009. All was good with their flights and arrivals – other than the confusion about how many bottles of alcohol can be brought in duty free. They were told two bottles each in Charlotte…but upon arrival somehow the rules changed it was only one bottle each – so extra duty had to be paid for the “excess” adult beverages.

They brought many gifts (nuts, dried fruit, precooked bacon, a new American flag, radio cord, bicycle pump, cooling tray (for the bread Dave is going to teach me to make) and water maker pump – but the best gift is their company.

We’re back in the marina at South Side for a few days – did some provisioning for the next few weeks for the four of us. It’s not a cheap place to provision. We considered a turkey breast – but $41.00 for a 12 pound turkey seemed a bit much. Also, need to run to the airport again today so Dave and Lorna can book an inter-island flight from Grand Turk back to Provo to catch their return flight home.

Last night there was a party for their arrival – actually there was a party because cheap lobsters were available. Simon, the marina manager, came by earlier in the day to ask if we wanted some lobster at $10 a pound. We ordered 8 pounds. The good news is it was for tails only and the price went down by evening. We had five BIG lobster tails for $50. What a deal! They were all thrown on the grill – Dave was our lobster chef. People brought side dishes to share…Barbara made potatoes on the gill – they were yummy. There were about 20 people all enjoying a lobster feast. It was a very fun evening. A few adult beverages were consumed. Our guests were tuckered out though – and it was an early night aboard Astarte.

MMMMM, Lobster

Chef Dave

Too many cooks?

When do we eat?

Ian and Andrea, enjoying!

Today (Monday) a big boat rescue took place off French Cay, It was fun to listen to on the radio…and I’m certain during “happy hour” the stories will be shared. We’ll leave the marina tomorrow morning and head back to Sapodilla – and then hopefully the wind and seas will settle enough for us to head to French or Ambergris Cay to start the adventure and get Dave and Lorna into the water for some great snorkeling.

Dave Goldberg – word is, though there is lots of digging around the islands – you probably wouldn’t enjoy it – as it’s architectural not archeological.

Michael and Barbara celebrated their anniversary yesterday – thanks mom for the card. We’re happy to be together and continue to be grateful for our time on the boat.