Kids Last Day

Lindburg Bay ( named for Charles Lindburg landing here) is our last bay.  There was misty rain all morning as we travelled, but the weather cooperated and the sun came out just as we anchored.

We spent a lovely day at the beach and had a great dinner at the open beach side dining room of the Best Western here in Lindburg Bay

St. John's USVI

Time is getting short so we are heading back toward the US.  No need to check out from the BVI's , they let us check out at the same time we checked in.  Not exactly your frisk and search like the airport.

We decided to check in at Cruz Bay on St John's  which is a crowded harbour, so we moored outside at Caneel Bay and dinghyed in, then walked around the harbour front to customs.   Very colourful, very Caribbean town with music going, beautiful pastel buildings and layed back atmosphere, right down to us being the only ones checking ourselves in at customs.

The beach at Caneel was better than picture perfect.

Next Stop- "The Bight at Norman Island

Reputed to be the original treasure island , with pirate gold buried somewhere - possibly the snorkeling caves we explored just on the western tip of the Island.  No wonder they don't allow metal detectors, wouldn't want some tourists from Canada carting off their Pirate Booty.

We did take a visit to the Pirates Den, but it was pretty tame, we lounged in chairs, swam a little and sipped Pina Coladas.  Not scary at all.

In fact a great relaxing day.

Willie T's  on the barge was really rockin that night but Sadie said she didn't feel up to jumping off the roof topless like the rest of the girls, so we opted for a quiet evening on the boat instead.    
Maybe next trip.

Trellis Bay

After The Baths we headed straight into Trellis, with the sails up and a great wind, we made it in no time. 
The little beach grocery was the 1st order, all this sun, sand and surf seems to be making everyone hungry. So we hit the "Groceries & Tings "  to stock up.  A leisurely walk on the beach and Tif came up with a large red starfish.  Sadie wanted nothing to do with it. 

While Sadie slept that evening the fish were jumping around the boat like crazy.  With flashlights in hand we spent hours peering overboard into the water and spotted our first shark.   We're sure it was a shark, Gord thinks maybe a little Bull Shark and Bob thinks it was some kind of bottom feeder. Tif and I know it was a little shark, about 2 ft long with VERY distinct fins and when we accidentally dropped a silver can lid in the water, it attacked agressively. 
Low and Behold it was still swimming around the bat the next morning.
Guess we won't be swimming there again any time too soon.

Underway

Up the Drake passage from Soper's to Leverick we happened to pass Tif's dream boat- right down to the helicopter on the back deck.  Think they'd notice if we hooked it up and towed it Home? 


Sadie always did the love the wind in her hair and this passage was just what she wanted. Fun with Daddy and wonderful wind in the hair.

The Baths

The Surf was really up at The Baths today, with no dinghy's allowed on the beach it makes for quite a challenge to get from a moored dinghy and into shore with the waves rollin in.  Bob got the job of dropping us off then mooring the Dinghy and swimming for shore.   Thanks Bob
Sadie had a nice little swim in her Meooow at a secluded , warm little tide pool away from all the waves.
The huge boulders just dwarfed all of us, and formed a great frame for Ocean Wings

Leverick Bay

Next stop Leverick Bay, it was a bit of a grey drizzley day so a great day to travel, then on arrival , out came the sun
The pool there was a wonderful change from salt water.

The buffet by the shore was terrific and we ( including Sadie) danced with Jumbies