2013 Texas Chili Contest



The setup begins

They prep the sand for the castle

We were fortunate to again attend the Chili contest in St Thomas on Brewers Bay Beach. It took place Sunday, but people started setting up on Saturday.

Ocean Potion starts to setup

Sunday morning setup continues

The contest is ready to open

Leslie checks out Ocean Potion first

Sunday at noon, after a morning of heavy rains, the beach was ready and the event began!

Bettys sets up a great display!

It was a good time!

There were a lot of contestants and a good crowd of attendees, of which we were two. I was glad I wasn’t a judge because there was a lot of very good chili to be had. I guess the pictures tell the story.

Vince and Alex get into it

Nice setup

Dish chili

The beer servers were into it

Ohh no the tower collapsed!

The sand castle was great and it progressed throughout the contest.








It's done!

This was one of my favorite chili

The witches made good chili



Motorcycles make chili

hula hoop the cow

The tug of war was classic

They even had games at the contest.

They had great entertainment

Leslie got a tequila transfusion

Hooters has a big presence

What's chili without free beer

Heidi's Honeymoon grill at Water island

Wilma and Gene go island

Leslie with the island girl

where did the skull come from?

The board water jet was there

The CIA survallance was there

Shaun, Tracy, and Wilma had a great time

 

4th of July in St. John

Capt. Tracy at the wheel

We head for Cruz Bay

 

From the Dinghy Poker Run we sailed quickly down to Maho Bay to celebrate 4^th of July with friends. On the 4^th Captain Tracy and the rest of us motored from Maho to Cruz Bay to see the parade. We anchored Limm’en just off the beach and crossed the street to see the parade.

Limm'en anchored at the beach

ready for the parade

We were in plenty of time and the streets were full of people in a party mood. There were lots of food and craft booths set up and next to the customs building a Carnival Village has been set up.

The parade starts

Nice Trike

The parade started with the Carnival Queens and some bikes and then came the various organizations and music groups. What can you say about a parade? The pictures tell it all. It wasn’t a long parade, but it was a slow parade that lasted all day.

The Queens arrive

The Carnival Queen

 

 

 

School kids participate

The kids looked like they were having
fun

 

Loved the skirt of sea life

 

This school group did a great dance!

 

 

There were Indians

 

The drums come

They have a twirling organization

 

The twirlers

More drums

The medical paraders

The little ones

The jumbies were small

and tall

 

 

The costumes were great!

The dancing was super!



 

 

Leslie got into the parade

So did Carl

They gave away local beer

The band trucks played on

Leslie really got into it

Great float!

Back of the float

Everyone wants to be involved

 

 



After the parade we headed back to Maho for dinner and swimming then when the sun was down at about 7:30 Captain Tracy once again took us into Cruz Bay to see the fireworks. It was a dark trip through island passages and skirting mooring fields, but we made it there and back safely. The Fireworks were great, lasting 30 minutes, but I couldn’t get any good pictures. It was a fun and memorable 4^th of July!  Hope you and yours celebrated a wonderful moment of American History.