July 16, 2011

We’re very glad that our “sweet” day wasn’t on July 15, because on that day we had a bad storm. The sky turned black, the wind howled, and the rain came pouring down. We were okay on CanKata (still anchored in Ao Chalong) because her anchor holds very well and we can close everything up to stay nice and dry.

On July 16, the weather was lovely! We rode our bicycles to a very nice restaurant and had red meat – which we don’t eat very often here in Thailand. We have decided that on every Sweet 16 day, we’ll go out for a special meal and eat red meat. We wish it could be Alberta beef but we will have to settle for Australian beef, which is almost as good.

That evening, we had friends over to visit and play a dice game called “Farkle”. Next time we meet up, we’ll bring our dice so we can teach you to play. Here is a coincidence: one of the friends we had over was celebrating her birthday – another Sweet Sixteen!

By the way, we have a couple of SpongeBob jokes for you:

How does Gary get to the beach?

He takes the shell-evator.

Why did SpongeBob buy a new karate outfit?

It was on his chopping list.

Bye for now. We hope you are having a Super Sweet Summer!

July 15: These buckets are ready to catch rain. We love fresh rain water!

July 15: Grandpa is watching the coming storm very carefully.

Grandma and Grandpa enjoying red meat to celebrate Sweet 16 Day.

Grandma, Grandpa, Gerd & Sylvia (SY Daedalus), Richard & Susannah (SY Ultimate Dream)
(Susannah was celebrating her birthday on the 16th too)