February/2010
2-22 We have arrived in the Virgin Islands. Originally we wanted to be here for New Years but then we decided to savor the trip and take our time. The Virgin Islands are made up of the Spanish, British and US Virgin Islands. We are currently on the island of Culebra in the Spanish Virgin Islands. We took the bikes and explored this little island. The harbor is large with many sailboats so after two nights we are moving to Isla Culebrita a small island just a few miles away to snorkel and swim with the turtles. This whole area is a national turtle reserve.
2-25 Today we dropped the hook at St Thomas in the USVI. We are in Brewers Bay near the airport. This nice little area has about 6 other boats here anchored off a picturesque beach. We know there are other boats here that we have met along the way and are anxious to get together and tell our tales!
We took our bikes and rode around the island a bit but it is very hilly and our poor legs.... We will need to come back here in a week to get mail so we are not going to stop at Charlotte Amalie now, we will head to St John.
2-28 We sailed to St John and spent the first night in Caneel Bay on a mooring ball. Most of the island and the water around St John is part of the National Park. The water and coral is magnificent, because of that most bays are off limits to anchoring. We stopped at Trunk Bay and picked up a mooring ball to snorkel and moved to Cinnamon Bay. Great snorkeling here to and I got several good pictures of a Spotted Eagle Ray and a few turtles.
3-3 We sailed to the east end of the island and found an area not in the park so we could anchor. Mooring balls are cheaper in the park than in the BVI but it can still add up. We found a great spot to snorkel with the best selection of coral we have seen yet. Then today we went over to Coral Bay to have lunch at Skinny Legs and then moved back to snorkel again at the same great site.
3-5 We have completed sailing around St John and have thoroughly enjoyed it. Many wonderful bays with beautiful water and beaches. We even found a hardware store that sold Penofin so I can keep the exterior teak in shape.
3-6 Mail is expected so we are back in Charlotte Amalie. This will be the first time we have had mail since we left the US last fall. We had a bunch sent to us in the Bahamas but we are still trying to locate that package.
3-9 We have had the first real rainy weather so far. For about 3 days it rained on and off so we played a lot of games. There are at least 2 cruise ships in port every day and one day there were 4. Our mail arrived from our mail service and we restocked the liquor shelves and pantry. We are just waiting for some soda syrup that was shipped to us here and we will head to the BVI.
3-13 Five months ago today we threw off the dock lines, what fun it has been. Finally arrived in the BVI and cleared customs then sailed to Little Jost Van Dyke for a bottle of champagne. There is a new little bar here - Foxy's Taboo. Our good friends on Sea Angel are joining us for a while before we leave for St Maartin.
3-17 Great Snorkeling at Monkey Point! Then sailed to North Gorda Sound for a few days of sun, beach and more snorkeling. Stopped at the Dogs for more snorkeling and now we are at Virgin Gorda. Tomorrow we stop at The Baths and Fallen Jerusalem. We will finally make it to Foxy's on Jost Van Dyke on Friday.
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