Some cruisers leave the boat and fly home for the holidays. Most join pot luck dinners dockside at what ever marina. One such Thanksgiving pot luck dinner at St. Mary's, Georgia has become so famous that sailors organize their cruise around the event. For reasons found in the previous post White Pepper found herself alone at the Jacksonville Municipal Marina. By alone I mean nobody here. The place is beautiful with expansive well kept grounds and state of the art concrete floating docks with water and electricity.
White Pepper at empty marina
Nobody here, just a few homeless
There is not even a dock master or marina office. Dockage is free for 72 hours and electricity is purchased from a kiosk with a credit card. Apparently the marina is used by the city as a watery parking lot for tailgate parties before the Jacksonville Jaguars home football games. The scene above will be stacked with boats five deep before games. Here is a pic of the stadium less than a quarter of mile away.
Ever Bank Field
Needless to say there was not any pot luck dinner here, but Jan organized a delicious traditional Thanksgiving meal. It was certainly better than any served on any dock anywhere and hot as well.
The turkey breast was cooked in the pressure cooker in only 45 min. Other dishes were green bean casserole, stuffing, Waldorf salad, and cranberries.
Thanksgiving 2013
After the meal we had a walk around the park and listened to the Dallas Cowboys game on Sirius Radio. All in all it was a very satisfying day.
All of this has me thinking about Thanksgiving traditions. Why is it that we cruisers so willingly exchange the easy camaraderie of common interests at a pot luck rather than the more difficult intimacies of the family? I have no idea. But I do know that without easy transportation no cruiser can go shopping at the Mall on Thanksgiving evening or Black Friday.
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