Twin Cities Farewell Gala

On Saturday night, June 5, we held a going away party in Mpls.

One special guest was Mr. Sailor, a costume mannequin dressed up in our typical ocean foul weather gear. He has a life jacket, harness, strobe light, iPod, pants, jacket, boots, cap, glasses – the works.

We also drew an outline of the boat on the floor with blue painters tape. It really helped people get a feel for the size, or lack thereof, within Remedios. And, it was fun for each of us to take our friends and show them “our rooms”. Here is the boat outline – after the room filled up it was a lot harder to see!

Here is a shot of the three sailors (the real ones). In back of us are some of the flags we will fly when we visit other countries. It is customary to fly both your country flag and the host country flag while in a foreign port.

And here are some group shots of all the fun we had!