And so it was agreed that we'd all spend the day together on the island on Sunday. We called our friends and spread the word, and off we were! This is Gina and Emile ready to hop on the boat!
There were so many of us that Olivier made a few trips out to the island and back dropping people off. I was one of the last people to get there, and as I arrived with Noah strapped to me Cecilia came running out to the boat to greet us (while Jourdain and two friends played off in the background). It was very low tide, so we had quite a walk along this bare sand bank over to the cabana to the left in the picture.
As I approached I could see a few more figures in the cabana than we usually have on our Sunday outings, and the BBQ was roaring along, cooking up a fish just caught earlier that day.
Yep. 'Mericans in the cabana! They had even brought beer from the States. It was a very friendly group, and of course for us it was impossible to know at the time that we had some serious Navy bigwigs hangin' with us.
Take a look at this, for example. Byron (in the middle here) tends to look like this when he's working:
And when he's taking it easy fishing on the island he tends to look a bit less... um... formal.
Our friend Bo, on the other hand, always looks relaxed, but of course he works in the oil industry.
And when it was time to pack up, everyone pitched in, and it wasn't until later in the week that I realized that the guy rinsing the plates here was the captain of the ship!
As the sun started to set we all headed back to reality, with a lot of fish in our bellies and a good feeling overall about having shared our little island getaway with a group of seriously great people.
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Great to see that little cabana didn't get washed away and it is as lively as ever!!
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