Valentine's Day aboard "Reflection".
After a lovely Valentine's Dinner at the Key Colony Inn on Sunday evening, we spent most of this week preparing for the American Great Loop Cruisers Association "Sunset Celebration" that we had organized and were hosting at the beach pavilion here at Banana Bay. Through radio announcements on the "Marathon Cruiser's Net" and postings on our association's daily digest on the internet we received responses from 25 boats in the Marathon area that their owners and some guests would be attending this event!
We did take time out on Thursday to drive down to "Sloppy Joe's" bar in Key West to see one of our all-time favorite Keys performers, Pat Dailey. We hadn't seen him in about 20 years, but we own several of his tapes and know many of his raucous songs. Pat is well known in the Great Lakes area, and especially in Put-In Bay, Ohio on Lake Erie. He sings up north in the summer months and for several weeks in the winter in Key West, so we were delighted to get the chance to see him. To say the least, his show was everything we remembered, and the place was jammed with his fans, who know all of his songs by heart, and who interact with him throughout. We had a fabulous time laughing and singing and George even got hugged by a gigantic drunk guy from Texas while Pat got kissed during the patriotic finale by a young G.I. who had just returned from Iraq!
On Friday evening, despite temperatures in the low 60s and a 15 knot northeast wind, 61 people were in attendance at our "Sunset Celebration". Everyone was asked to bring an appetizer to share, and their own beverage of choice, but mixed drinks were also available at the tiki bar at the pool area. We brought hot dogs cooked by George on our boat grill which we moved to the pavilion for the evening. They were a huge hit, and there was lots of great food contributed by everyone. It was great to see some people with whom we had already traveled on our "Loop" adventure, as well as to have the opportunity to meet and make some new AGLCA acquaintances. Attendees at our get-together were on boats from New Jersey, New York, Minnesota, Ohio, Maryland, Michigan, Kentucky, Tennessee, Illinois, Florida, Pennsylvania, Colorado, Nebraska, and Ontario, Canada. It was a terrific evening!
We did take time out on Thursday to drive down to "Sloppy Joe's" bar in Key West to see one of our all-time favorite Keys performers, Pat Dailey. We hadn't seen him in about 20 years, but we own several of his tapes and know many of his raucous songs. Pat is well known in the Great Lakes area, and especially in Put-In Bay, Ohio on Lake Erie. He sings up north in the summer months and for several weeks in the winter in Key West, so we were delighted to get the chance to see him. To say the least, his show was everything we remembered, and the place was jammed with his fans, who know all of his songs by heart, and who interact with him throughout. We had a fabulous time laughing and singing and George even got hugged by a gigantic drunk guy from Texas while Pat got kissed during the patriotic finale by a young G.I. who had just returned from Iraq!
On Friday evening, despite temperatures in the low 60s and a 15 knot northeast wind, 61 people were in attendance at our "Sunset Celebration". Everyone was asked to bring an appetizer to share, and their own beverage of choice, but mixed drinks were also available at the tiki bar at the pool area. We brought hot dogs cooked by George on our boat grill which we moved to the pavilion for the evening. They were a huge hit, and there was lots of great food contributed by everyone. It was great to see some people with whom we had already traveled on our "Loop" adventure, as well as to have the opportunity to meet and make some new AGLCA acquaintances. Attendees at our get-together were on boats from New Jersey, New York, Minnesota, Ohio, Maryland, Michigan, Kentucky, Tennessee, Illinois, Florida, Pennsylvania, Colorado, Nebraska, and Ontario, Canada. It was a terrific evening!
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