Mary Hurley Gosselin had an awful blind date in high school. She and her date had gone to play mini golf, she remembered, but “the game was terrible, [and] the date was worse.” After that, Mrs. Gosselin said, “I wanted nothing to do with mini golf.”

It was the best night in recent memory. That was the feedback Martha’s Vineyard Museum executive director David Nathans said he received following the annual Evening of Discovery fundraiser on Saturday night. Held at the site of the museum’s future home, the old marine hospital overlooking the Lagoon Pond in Vineyard Haven, the event sold out for the first time in recent years and the mood was festive and upbeat.

We saw a STORM. It was really faraway though. But we heard thunder and saw lightning. It was awesome. But then the waves got bigger. We started to pick up speed, then BAM! We were in the storm. The waves went over the boat and got people wet. After 45 minutes of people saying “my tummy hurts,” we got to the Nantucket harbor. Then we went swimming again and had dinner. (Oh, I almost forgot. We had BLTs for lunch.) We had chicken with broccoli with cheese on it and salad. Then we talked and played around. Now it’s time to go to sleep.