Pantasic Saturday

On Saturday morning at around 7:30 as we were preparing to move the boat, Kirk noticed a fire smoking on Hog Island and there were no boats there.  The cruiser net just happened to be on the radio and he called in an emergency traffic reporting the fire and the net controller just went on to the next subject.   By this time we could see flames.  So I got dressed, grabbed the buckets out of the forward locker while Kirk lowered the dingy, we hopped into the dingy and sped towards the beach.  Michael and Rebecca were behind us.  Along with 2 other cruisers we put the fire out.   I since then have named Michael the Mayor and Kirk the Fire Chief.  

We pulled up the anchor and motored around to Port Louie Marina where we had reserved a slip for 4 days during CARNIVAL.

After dinner on Saturday, we walked out the marina and got on the public bus and rode it to the bus station down town and then walked to the stadium for the steel pan competition.  It was called

Sitting in the stadium.  Left to right  Donna, Diana, Ross, Barb Stew 

Pan Band

Another Pan Band

Close Up

There were 8 different bands that played.  One for each Parish of the island.  Was a fun night.  I fell asleep in the stands 3 times (in between the steel bands playing) so we went down on the field for the 5th and 6th band and then came home.  We did see the band that won the competition so that was good!!!