New Years in the Caribbean

Clifton, Union Island is a very pretty seaside Caribbean town that caters to the cruising crowd with lots of small vendors, internet cafes and restaurants. For New Years eve (the locals called it the “Old Years Farewell”) we joined Ed & Judy and went into Clifton for dinner and for a wonderful street party. Gramma added a little bit of excitement to the night and an opportunity for us to check out the local health facilities. On route to the restaurant Gramma stepped sideways to allow a taxi by and disappeared into a very large storm drain. The potential was great for serious injury but Gramma proved hardier than one would expect for a 73 year old. With ice on her arm and in a fair bit of pain, Ron and I accompanied her to the local doctors home where he checked her out, gave her a shot in the arm, with her arm in a sling we walked back to the restaurant for dinner. With a couple of glasses of wine she was ready to boogie.

Close to 11:00 p.m. the party crowd in the street was growing, the music was great and without any encouragement Gramma and Judy were dancing down the street with Alex and Jenessa giggling behind. It wasn’t long before a local had attached himself to Gramma and the party began with her shaking her booty. By the time Gramma tired out which wasn’t too long, the girls joined Judy dancing in the street while Gramma kicked back with a couple of pina coladas. As before Alex and Jenessa were very popular with the young and older men and received over a half dozen invites to parties by locals