Monday, November 3. 2008
Up at the Baths on Virgin Gorda
So, I am going to backtrack just a bit here. We have seen a lot of dolphins lately, and pick up day was no exception. Of course the guys called me up just when it decided to go away, so all I got was a real crappy shot of the tail!
This is what we look like when we are just waiting for the guests to arrive!
The construction is coming along at Moorings Base...
Although my husband laughed as apparently part of the deal for them to expand and move the breakwater etc was that they put in a means to flush the harbor. This shed houses the pump that goes to an 8 inch pipe, which he says it not going to flush too much! Maybe if it was 8 feet instead of 8 inches...
This is our first group of guests arriving...
and they promptly found a place to nap. I am serious, this is an hour after getting on board!
Our friend Jennifer looked so cute, although I really think she looked like she belonged in the cornfields, not on a yacht!
By the time we finally left Roadtown it was dark, I was trying to get a mood shot of our nice new flag with the lights of Roadtown in the background, but I did not have much success!
We made it over to Salt Island, and proceeded to have a late dinner...
Some had had a long day travelling, so it was early to bed (very quiet, but 24 hours later they are all upstairs singing at the top of their lungs to American Pie and Paradise By the Dashboard Light! I even think I am humming along under my breath while doing the blog tonight!) By the time I was up this morning, some were already in the water and of course, we had a wonderful wonderful snorkel at our favorite place. They saw everything they were supposed to see, and then quickly found the trampoline for some relaxation.
We had some fishing while sailing up to the Baths today, we were all excited but it was a barracuda. They had it on dock and the hook came out and I really thought one or two of the guys was going to lose a toe, the fish was moving around so much. I was very helpful, I just stood there and screamed!
We did our first dive at Salt this morning, great first dive to get everyone used to their gear and used to the water again (some had not dove since the last time they were here two years ago!) I could tell I had not had my camera in the water for awhile, as my pictures in a word, sucked!! We saw tons of stuff that we were supposed to see, including this humongous lobster out wandering around...
Lots of big rays, and octopus, anemones, eels and on and on. I took a lot of lousy pictures so I will just stop now. Better luck maybe next time!
We stop at the wreck of the vagabond on Fallen Jerusaleum to see what it was doing, and yep, it is still there!
By the time we hit the Baths there was a halyard problem so we had to send someone up the mast to fix it...We gave Simeon a camera as well to take pictures for my blog.
The Baths...
Honeymoon Beach
The main Baths
and a nice little picture of a sailboat in the dying light...
We had 20 minutes of heavy rain since we picked up this group. Exactly when I had to barbecue the ribs! As Simeon said he had never done it before and Bazza had an important air conditioner to fix! Typical!! Then while dinner was on the table, of course, we caught something on the line so everyone disappeared.
I thought it was very funny as the two on the ends decided that eating was way more important then fishing!!! We had only caught the bottom though, so nada, nada!
This is what we look like when we are just waiting for the guests to arrive!
The construction is coming along at Moorings Base...
Although my husband laughed as apparently part of the deal for them to expand and move the breakwater etc was that they put in a means to flush the harbor. This shed houses the pump that goes to an 8 inch pipe, which he says it not going to flush too much! Maybe if it was 8 feet instead of 8 inches...
This is our first group of guests arriving...
and they promptly found a place to nap. I am serious, this is an hour after getting on board!
Our friend Jennifer looked so cute, although I really think she looked like she belonged in the cornfields, not on a yacht!
By the time we finally left Roadtown it was dark, I was trying to get a mood shot of our nice new flag with the lights of Roadtown in the background, but I did not have much success!
We made it over to Salt Island, and proceeded to have a late dinner...
Some had had a long day travelling, so it was early to bed (very quiet, but 24 hours later they are all upstairs singing at the top of their lungs to American Pie and Paradise By the Dashboard Light! I even think I am humming along under my breath while doing the blog tonight!) By the time I was up this morning, some were already in the water and of course, we had a wonderful wonderful snorkel at our favorite place. They saw everything they were supposed to see, and then quickly found the trampoline for some relaxation.
We had some fishing while sailing up to the Baths today, we were all excited but it was a barracuda. They had it on dock and the hook came out and I really thought one or two of the guys was going to lose a toe, the fish was moving around so much. I was very helpful, I just stood there and screamed!
We did our first dive at Salt this morning, great first dive to get everyone used to their gear and used to the water again (some had not dove since the last time they were here two years ago!) I could tell I had not had my camera in the water for awhile, as my pictures in a word, sucked!! We saw tons of stuff that we were supposed to see, including this humongous lobster out wandering around...
Lots of big rays, and octopus, anemones, eels and on and on. I took a lot of lousy pictures so I will just stop now. Better luck maybe next time!
We stop at the wreck of the vagabond on Fallen Jerusaleum to see what it was doing, and yep, it is still there!
By the time we hit the Baths there was a halyard problem so we had to send someone up the mast to fix it...We gave Simeon a camera as well to take pictures for my blog.
The Baths...
Honeymoon Beach
The main Baths
and a nice little picture of a sailboat in the dying light...
We had 20 minutes of heavy rain since we picked up this group. Exactly when I had to barbecue the ribs! As Simeon said he had never done it before and Bazza had an important air conditioner to fix! Typical!! Then while dinner was on the table, of course, we caught something on the line so everyone disappeared.
I thought it was very funny as the two on the ends decided that eating was way more important then fishing!!! We had only caught the bottom though, so nada, nada!
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