For a day that ended busy, we started very slow. Amy & I (and the mutt) all slept until 0700 and continued the morning routine in a very sluggish fashion. The sun was shining and the temperature was relatively warm, so there was no reason behind our dawdling, it just was happening. The first hint of the pace picking up was when I turned on the VHF to find the weather reports had changed, pretty much stating that from Sunday afternoon through Wednesday were going to be nasty. As Amy’s sister, brother in-law, and nephews, were coming to visit Sat – Monday, this was trouble.
A flurry of phone calls later had bumped their trip up a day, meaning that they were coming tonight, so Amy & I had to get rolling with cleaning & preparing. It also meant I had to try to get some small amount of painting done; these plans are all well and good, but Seguin always has other plans. Starting at 0945, we had guests looking for tours, and they never stopped. The culmination of the day was when two tour boats arrived at nearly the same time, dropping off almost fifty people in one shot. Woah. In the flurry of activity, we saw once again what a romantic rock Seguin is- Nick Carter & Holly House got engaged today, right on our back lawn, next to the compost pile (I really should have started it in a different spot, how was I to know there would be an engagement, and a wedding, right there? Maybe compost is actually an aphrodisiac aroma?). Congratulations to them!
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| The happy couple |
Happily I was giving the very last of these tours when Father brought out the Lamson Family: Mike, Mary, and Amy’s nephews Cameron & Levi. I did not make it to the bottom in time to actually help them land; Amy rowed them & all their stuff ashore. I was there to fire up the tram and pull the load to the top of the hill. Thank God for that tram, it is doing double duty this week and working like a champ. Mike, Mary, & co were all very impressed with the island from the get go. On a side note, I have found that everyone is pleasantly surprised at the living conditions, when they arrive at the top. To a man (or woman) every guest has said “Oh, this is much better than I expected”. What on earth is everyone expecting? I like it rough, but I don’t want to live in a dump.
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| Capt Kidd's treasure, waiting to be hidden |
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| The treasure map |
Regardless, I’m very happy they made it. I haven’t seen a little kid I know (Cameron is almost five) on the island in a long time, and it has already been awesome showing him the lighthouse, the tram, going swimming, and the rest. Tomorrow is going to be even more epic, I hope, because my plans to hide pirate treasure should be coming to fruition. The map is done, the treasure is done, all we have to do is hide it, and let Cameron find it. I am stoked.
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| Arrival of Family Lamson |
Mike & I grilled dinner, burgers & hot dogs, with potato salad and corn, and we ate outside with the sun setting. Excepting one hamburger roll that a seagull absconded with, the dinner & the setting were flawless. Dad called us to tell us the Northern Lights were probably going to be visible tonight, but I never saw them…I’ll be disappointed if they did occur and I missed it. Ah well. I still have to get to bed early, so I am ready for a treasure hunt in the morning.
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