Where To Hide The Presents?

Vero Beach
No LL

Well, we learned yet another new facet of the cruising life today. Libby went ashore this morning and came back with two enormous cardboard boxes in the dinghy. The boxes were bigger than she was. People on shore came rushing out with their cameras to snap pictures of the spectacle.

Now the problem is that the packages contained Christmas presents for me. The presents aren't as large at the boxes, but they are plenty big. She had to open the boxes and discard the packing because the boxes were much too big to get through the door. Now, the problem is where to hide those presents so that I won't see them before Christmas. That's rather difficult in a boat. Imagine trying to conceal something like a bicycle in your Volkwagon.

We have lots of company down here now. Yesterday a whole bunch of boats arrived from up north. The bunch had been waiting for the shuttle launch but now they gave up. We have 6 Westsails in the harbor! More friends are coming. Dave and Hilde are on their way south on the ICW. We had hoped to see Chris and June on Albion also, but they're stuck in St. Augustine with engine troubles :-)

Rafted up with us is the Westsail Heron with Don and Margaret on board. We met them up in Maine two summers ago, and even visited their house.

Tonight, we invited Don and Margaret and Peter (on Georgie II) to dinner. After dinner we'll have a captive audience for a game of Balderdash.