First Guest!!

Since we were involved in so many things yesterday, the boat cleaning had been totally neglected. So, I was up with the sun this morning in an attempt to reestablish some semblance of cleanliness to our floating home. Cleaning wasn't a huge task as I try to keep the boat mostly clean anyway and it is so small that it usually takes no longer than an hour. The biggest task of my day was to empty out our Vberth. While we are traveling, we use the front berth area as our garage. Everything is stored up there - sails, food stores, pet food, extra blankets and towels. This works great 95% of the time. But, when we have a guest visit, suddenly everything needs to find a new home - not an easy task on a boat that is already stuffed full. This task took my significantly longer, but finally, after much shifting, readjusting and lots of cramming, I managed to safely find everything a new home. Add sheets and pillows and voila! guest quarters!

Since we had a bit of extra time on our hands, due of course to my incredible ability to multi-task - we headed over to watch some of the fun volleyball games that some of our friends were playing in. Fun volleyball happens everyday at 2pm on the main beach. During the regatta, it is only held once during the week and it is turned into a competition. Although, I will use the term competition lightly. Fun volleyball consists of 9 people on the court, any types of hits are legal and there is no maximum number of times it can be hit on any one side. Their motto is "No one moves, No one gets hurt." It is the antithesis of the regulation volleyball that we play, but everyone has a lot of fun and it is fun to watch.

Finally, at 2, Brad headed in to pick up Holly and I finished getting the boat in order. By 3pm, Holly was safely on board and moved into her new room! It was perfect first day for her - the wind was light, the sun was shining and the sky was clear. We headed to the beach for a bit just to let her get a taste of our paradise. At 5, we dinghied over to the middle of the harbour where a dinghy raftup was in progress. This is pretty much exactly as it sounds. Everyone meets in a predetermined location and ties up to the dinghy next to them. People bring their own drinks and a snack to pass around and we all just sit, float and chat it up until sunset. It was a great time for Holly to meet some of our friends and a really fun event for her first night in town. Hopefully we can keep up the excitement for the rest of her visit!