February 15, 2022 - Evening Cruise of the Bay

Last night we went on an evening dinner cruise of the bay with Kelly's Red Hats group. While waiting to board I was watching a guy clean fish on a nearby boat and fighting off a couple of dozen Pelicans who were there for any scraps. It was a little entertaining. Here are a couple of pictures.

Here is a picture of the boat as we loaded. It is a very clean, well-kept boat.

The cruise took off on schedule and dinner was soon available. It was a tropical buffet and, in our opinion, not very good. Beer, wine, and rum punch were all included with the cruise. Dinner was served on the first deck. Afterwards you could go up to the second deck to dance, and/or on to the third deck which was open for viewing. Here is part of the group waiting to eat. Joan is in the foreground trying to duck out of the picture.

We decided that cruising the bay at night was not as interesting as cruising during the day would be so that you can really see all the houses. Many are lit up at night but you don't see a lot. Here is a picture of one house on a corner.

I could not afford the taxes and insurance on one of these places, much less own one. These homes went on for miles and miles of coastline. Clearly there are a lot of people who have a lot of money. All I can afford is the "cruise by". LOL.  I think the prediction is that in twenty years these homes will all be underwater with the rise in sea level, which I just read is rising faster than earlier predicted.

While it was a nice evening with friends, we would never do it again. For the cost we could have had an excellent meal at an excellent restaurant.