Saturday, January 1, 2011

Happy 2011

First congratulations to Michael's brother Derek and Margie on their New Year wedding. Sorry we weren't there to toast you two.

Happy New Year to all and best wishes for a healthy, fun-filled, satisfying and peaceful 2011.

We actually toasted in the New Year in the same place we celebrated 2010's start. So it was a full circle of starting and ending the year on the same little island. We had different people around – but it was in the same spot. 2010 turned into a pretty good year, so we hope the island is a lucky spot to start another year.

The crew of Astarte ended up "hosting" the big party. It seemed nobody was willing to get things going about a week ago, so we decided we'd just announce there was a party on the island and it snow-balled from there. We collected a portable generator, lights, a boom box and music from other boaters and did a dessert and party-snack potluck. The island looked quite festive and we ended up having a lot of help from several boats. A few boats here have kids on board and they ended up gathering a lot of wood for a giant bonfire. We did a "burning man" (a paper and palm frond stuffed effigy where you put all the things you want closure on from the last year written down and stuffed into the man so they burn up with him). That was fun and the giant BP sign from some New Orleans folks was draped around the "man's" neck.

We had live music after 11ish and we actually made it up past midnight. We popped a bottle of champagne and toasted in the New Year. We are grateful for what we have and the cruising life we've been enjoying these last few years. We wish everyone dreams coming true in 2011.

Cheers!

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