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Eluthera again

 It's Good Friday as we sail into Staniel Cay and stumble onto a party. The locals have set up a BBQ near a pavilion, with a snow cone machine and trays of Mac n cheese and more plus a rapping DJ loud enough to stifle conversation. The kids are bedecked with bunny ears (made in china) and enjoying candy eggs. Cruisers mingle with each other, locals mingle, and sometimes cross the tribal barriers. We do so more than most, especially with the kids.  A box of sidewalk chalk turns the roadway and a beach wall into artistic expression and random scribbles. A volleyball net brings together kids and cruisers, and a tug of war rope gets nearly everyone down to the beach.  And the food! Plenty of burgers and dogs and pork ribs, plus an open bar, all for whatever you want to donate. Some of the music is quite danceable and the three of us (plus a very few others) make good use of it. After meeting several other cruisers and exchanging boat cards (like business cards) and the sun ha...