High Noon at Sugar Beach...

...and there's no one in the pool! It was still overcast, but we decided to head to the pool anyway. Got in the gate and it was a ghost town. So we staked out our lounges (choice of any in the house) and "tanned" for about 30 minutes. About then, the sun emerged through a slight crack in the clouds. We decided it was time to hit the pool.

Of course, when I say "hit the pool" I actually mean slowly ease ourselves in and get acclimated to the colder water. Why is it that when the pool water hits your exposed back, it seems extra cold? We finally made our way to the "Old" spot in the center of the pool. We'd been there just a couple of minutes when suddenly the fair-weather sun bathers, having caught site of the slivver of sun, started showing up. We watched in dread as a string of little kids started running down the stairwell - destination: pool. ARG!

As we held our Old spot against the onslaught, we noticed we were being watched by an old lady sitting on her third floor deck. I said "she's probably wondering what those old fools are doing in the pool" and Jorge said "no, she's wondering what those YOUNG people are doing in the pool."

Oh yes...I made the bold move from SPF 50 to SPF 30 today. Figured I could risk it as the sun wasn't all that bright (yes, mother...I know you can still burn in the overcast). Ally is starting to show signs of some color, and pulled out the Maui Babe lotion today.

Lunch today was an excellent salmon stir fry by Jorge, using the last of the big Costco salmon we barbecued the other night. The leftovers were also used yesterday in salmon burritos. Tonight...we're back at the barbecue with chicken, marinated in what we hope will be close to the Azeka ribs marinade. I searched the Internet for the recipe, and found a verion in (of all places) a John Owen column in the Seattle P-I from 2000. He claimed he got the recipe from a friend who had a condo at Sugar Beach Resort (!), who claimed he'd been given the recipe by mama Azeka herself. We'll see. It calls for soy sauce, sesame oil, sugar, green onions, garlic and ginger. According to the article, the actual Azeka recipe sauce is available in any grocery store in Canada. You can only guess how Ally feels about that!