Author: Useppa

Stories by UseppaGin

The fun continued.  All ages, red, white and blue, hula-hoops, cannonballs into the pool, lunch on the Collier patio, comings and goings from the island marina, old friends and new celebrating Memorial Day on Useppa.

Thank you to all the men and women…

the veterans who made the weekend possible.

Kids, Fish, Candy, Trophies & Blue Ribbons

Holidays on the island are meant for kids and the child in all grownups. Captain Ken and Donald Beckstead made it happen. Plenty of bait, plenty of children, and plenty of fish at Useppa’s Izaak Walton Kids’ Memorial Day Fishing Tournament.

This year two anglers will turn 13 and so this was their last chance to participate. Isabella Soriero won her 14^th trophy. Brady Stokes helped others reel in their catches. From now on they will be on the dock as role models and assistants continuing the long tradition of teaching Useppa children about catch and release.

Snapshots of Memorial Day Weekend on Useppa

Part #1

Photos and thoughts by Useppa Gin

Families, music, games in the pool, games on the beach, American flags by front doors, under a tree, on boats in the Marina, cookies for Useppa’s favorite veteran, a fishing tournament for children….Because of what so many gave, what men and women are still giving, we can play.

Thank you

Horses, Hats & Hoopla

Derby Day on Useppa

Pictures by UseppaGin

 

Hats flutter in afternoon breezes. Mint Juleps toast festivities. If you can’t be in Kentucky, Useppa Island is the place to watch the Derby.

A Piano, Flutes from Around the World, New York Cabaret Sounds & Four Musicians: Music on Useppa

Photographs by UseppaGin

Sometimes life on Useppa is magical. A Russian young man visiting his family played classical music in the Collier Tarpon Bar. A gentleman staying on his yacht in the Marina sat down at the same piano keyboard, and it felt like the Carlyle in Manhattan. A woman and her flutes from around the world transported us to foreign lands. An Islander with a low sultry voice sang “Summertime” and the spirits of George Gershwin Ella Fitzgerald were at her side.

Thanks to George Fomitchev, Cathy Eagle, and Gregg Lovine at The Tarpon.

Thanks to flautist Kat Epple, the Useppa Museum, and our hosts Vic & Suzy Trino