Labour Day Party

Monday, Sept 1^st – It was another hot and sticky night, we had been conserving our water but this morning we said, ‘screw it’…got up before 08:00, released the mooring lines and headed to the dock to fill up our water tank. Mooring was easy with little wind and no current. We both enjoyed a shower and went back to bed. While relaxing in the cockpit, several ladies paddled by, stopped to say hello; Betsy was one of them and offered again to take us for groceries and mentioned they did not have our club’s (Etobicoke Yacht Club) burgee; I replied, “We were just writing our clubs name on one now”. Julie met Betsy at 13:30 before the party and ran to the grocery while I stayed under the tent to socialize.

Betsy & Tim

To our delight, Betsy had washed all their burgees and hung them under the tent...we exchanged burgees and they hung ours immediately. Rachelle, the Commodores wife, was another excellent hostess by introducing us to everyone. The other members started arriving with food in hand and the tables were soon overflowing with good food. There were enough items that we Gluten intolerant people had plenty to eat!

Tent bar with burgees up

DJ Richie on the right

Fellow members entertained the party; Richie, the DJ sang karaoke for 5 hours…this guy was good and kept everyone entertained…what a great asset to have for a club! Others would also take the mic for a few songs, all very good singers but the best was a 7 year old that sang a song from Frozen (recent animated Hollywood movie), she left tears in our eyes. At dusk, the club fired off a cannon, stood at attention, played the American Anthem and lowered the flag…it’s always moving when any country shows the pride and love they have for their country. 

Commodore and his wife

Then Richie picks up the microphone, points us out by saying we have some guests from Canada with us today; thanks us for being here and then proceeds to play Oh Canada which everyone respectfully stood up for…I looked to the Commodore and give him a node of appreciation…what a class act! A small crowd of people we met came to us to shake our hand and wish us a safe trip. We were overwhelmed by the warm hospitality we received from the Richmond County Yacht Club members…they insisted that we stop again on our way back to Canada, which we have already decided is a must.

Our weather window is opening for a Wednesday departure...