Friends and Happy Hour

Aboard Coastal Drifter, we had a reunion party when Peregrine arrived in the anchorage. The sun was setting when we started, with Mike, Michele and Joe ready to party!

Joe slobbers a big loving kiss to is bride Michele, as they are so happy to be back with old friends.

Christian and Birgit, of Pitufa, were telling a story that Phil was listening intently to. Austin was smiling at his grandma as he tried to figure out how to exit the companionway around Phil.

Grandma Deb and I.

Us again making funny faces after a few cocktails. I am sworn to secrecy as to what else happened that night, so I can't tell you here. But just know we all tied on a good one and it was a fun party!!

On a different occasion, we had some friends over for breakfast (not the morning after the party!!) Chef Miguel is working his magic in the galley.

The table is set for everything we will need.

Mike has his antique waffle maker hard at work on the gas stove.

And Voila, a beautiful waffle is ready to eat!

Our friends arrived and we all decided it was too nice to eat below, so we moved the party to the cockpit. Our friends had brought fruit, whip cream and bloody marys!

Ellen and Martin pose with their prepared waffles. See what happened was that Mike had gone shopping with them and bought this huge Costco bag of pancake/waffle mix and they all wanted to know why. So when they found out that Mike had a waffle iron aboard, they all insisted on sampling his work! Yummy!!

The mocha mix has finally proved to us that we really are South of the equator. The mix made a spiral all on its own in the glass, circling clockwise!

On several occasions we all meet up at Casa Bianca at Marina Taina for happy hour. I believe it was Christian's birthday. Here we are goofing around taking a selfie, but no body behind us was looking. Martin, Steve, Lili and Austin.

Now we got their attention! Hang loose dudes!

Two Dutch girls, Mariah and Ellen who happy to see each other again.

Deb sits with her leg propped up and her knee brace on, no dancing for her tonight! Joe and Birgit are enjoying the evening as well.

The sun has dipped behind Mo'orea and it is dark. We all mix and mingle having good conversations with someone other than who we share our small boat spaces with. Martin, Birgit, Mike, Joe and Christian.

It was the year of the Dutch boats, with like 5 in the anchorage. Ellen chatting with Cindy and her husband Geert behind from the vessel Zensation. I think the girls were comparing notes on where they would sail and meet up next.

Michele of Peregrine shows us why we come for happy hour, 2 for 1!!

Our Aussie friends Liam and Annie from Sidney aboard a catamaran named Gone With the Wind. Liam and Mike are both big Formula 1 race freaks. We had met in the Marquesas back in 2017 and found each other again in Tahiti.

The beauty of cruising is making new friends in far off anchorages from all over the world, then meeting up again, months or years later, to enjoy another sunset with sun-downers (cocktails). As the sun once again disappears behind Mo'orea.