Saturday began with breakfast and a pow-wow session to determine where to set sail to. We eventually settled on visiting some waterfalls.
We got a bit lost, and thinking we had arrived, landed in a small cove near another boat. We received a rather unusual welcome from the lady of the other boat, along the lines of “Where are you from?”, to which our crew replied “Santa Cruz”, whereby we promptly received “We don’t do that here! Go away, this is our spot!”.
Whilst debating whether we should stay in spite or go out of convenience, a deer showed up! It made up for the unpleasant side story, for me anyway. It sauntered around, had a drink, and unhurriedly went its way.

We eventually moved on and “dropped anchor” in a more secluded spot. We broke into pairs and individually; most of the activities involved the hot tub, playing/singing with a guitar, fishing, and just hiking around. It was a beautiful day:

Some of the Saturday activities…
Enjoying some pineapple:

Enjoying some music:

Some fishing:

The sun was bright enough to show all the spiders’ webs in the rocks, like a fine, silver mesh:
We used the barbecue for some delectable burgers with onions, peppers, etc. for lunch, then started into another round of poker. I got pushed out quite quickly, 10-15 hands in. I ventured out to the hot tub to enjoy the sun, and eventually sunset. I hopped out a bit to get a few pictures:

And Venus came out:

I was gradually joined by the others of the crew as the poker game wound down, and received some constellation tips whilst enjoying some champagne and wine. I hopped out for a bit after sunset to grab a few more night sky pictures - I particularly like the ones where I caught a shooting star:

After warming myself with the hot tub again, and two more glasses of wine, we vacated and went down to shower and change. I split a beer - and that was it for me. Whilst a game of Cranium was starting, I curled up on the couch and fell asleep. I’m grateful to the rest of the crew: they were very solicitous of my well being, after my self-indulgent alcoholic binge.
I came to just as dinner was starting (11pm). My hats off to the cooks and food buyers, we had an incredibly good BBQ meal: paprika shrimp skewers, tender chicken with BBQ sauce, corn on the cob, roasted vegetables, a delicious cold pasta… I regret that all I could do was help clean the dishes!


We then played a game called Werewolf, also known as Mafia. All I can say, this is a fun, but potentially mentally exhausting game. We played four rounds, debating endlessly, particularly in the last round and for over a half-hour in the post-game discussions. It can get pretty spirited, since it’s all about trying to get people to believe you (your demeanor, your logic). It’s a fun game, I recommend people try it at their next social event. Funny enough, we used cards to determine the roles, and I drew an Ace (for the Mafia/Werewolf role) each of the four times - about a 1 in 4 chance each round, so about a 0.4% chance in total!
After such a spirited game that went quite late, we were all very tired and turned in. I was still a bit over-energetic from the game (lying, misleading, and trying to manipulate people is very tiring!) and from the drunken stupor prior. I watched a bit of anime on my laptop before finally being able to fall asleep.