Since we live in paradise, and a vacation town at that, we often have the opportunity, mid-week, to go for an afternoon catamaran ride. Boy, it's tough, but like they say, "Somebody's got to do it."

That's fine, we volunteer.

Brian's sister Heather had a birthday on Wednesday, so we all got on board a local 40' cat for an afternoon of snorkeling, food, music, drink and good friends. We find ourselves in this situation about once a month, give or take.

Like I said, it's rough.

My favorite spot is on one of the front trampolines where I can sit and enjoy my drink and the view, and lounge about with my friends. I could go into great detail about what we do on the boat, but really, I just did. It's a pretty mellow and enjoyable way to spend four or five hours of your day.

We do end up in the water at some middle point of the afternoon, goofing around, looking at pretty fish, taking silly pictures underwater with the cool housing Steve's got, posing prettily for the camera -- Brian you win this trip's award for best model!

Wave to the camera, Bb!	A blurry sea urchin.	Coral and algae	Blue-shorted Steve-fish. Fairly rare.
Matt's sister, also Heather.	Birthday girl with her parents	The sunset	Bb and Carrie on the Trampoline

We also had the added surprise of a sunset wedding on board! Two days before the boat trip, a couple who had spent the last seven years together decided to tie the knot. How romantic. Her two sons were there to watch and the entire crowd on the boat got teary-eyed. What a great place to get married!

Last trip we embarrassed the heck out of Donnie and Christi's pre-teen and teenage kids and their friends by DANCING -- in PUBLIC no less -- to silly old 70s songs and really getting our groove on. I think perhaps it was even more fun than our usual dancing sprees, knowing that we were the old geezers making fools of ourselves.

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