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| Dakity mooring area |
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| The Dinghy Dock |
Ally has left and after a few days we got the urge to
leave Brewers Bay for a while. So off we went to Culebra! The wind was light,
it always is when you are going with it, so we motor sailed over and took a
mooring in Dakity, a small bay hidden behind a reef. We spent a week there and
had a good time. Every day we would go to the Dinghy Dock bar and restaurant to
tie up our dinghy, and then head out on to the island to explore. At the end of
the day it was happy hour at the Dinghy Dock so we would meet old friends and
make new ones before heading back to the boat many dollars poorer.
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| A floating bar at Dakity mooring |
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Leslie in front with Paul and his
underwater sound system |
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Hector the protector is a new addition
by the ferry docks |
We went with Paul out to listen to whales. It was quite interesting and we heard probably 3 different whales. Paul explained they were males because only the male Humpback Whales sing.
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| The path wasn't all clear |
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| Leslie in one of the beach huts |
One day we took the dinghy over to the DNR, Dept. of
Natural Resources, dock and hiked a couple miles across the island to Brava
Beach. The last part of the hike is through the jungle and by an old well to
get to the beach. Some ambitious people have built a couple of beach shacks
which are pretty cool.
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| the pool at the resort |
Another day we checked out a resort and hotel across the
bay. The place was deserted, but the pool looked really nice and it had a bar
and restaurant also, but they were closed.
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| plans for the development of Point Soldado |
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| The bay at Point Soldado |
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piles of rubble that were once
beach shacks |
We hiked another day over to Point Soldado where we have been before and it had a bunch
of beach shacks made of cast offs all along the beach. This time the road was
blocked to traffic and a sign showed they were turning the beach into a camp
ground. We hiked down to the beach and all the old shacks had been torn down
and piles of rubble were scattered everywhere.
We met some friends of ours, Nick and Cathy, on the way
back and we all went to another resort, Culebra Moon, on the hill to get a
drink. Well the place was under new management and the bar wasn’t open, but
Lisa, the owner, let us swim in the pool even though the swim up bar was
closed. It looks like a really nice place to stay and the pool and people are
great.
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| one tank on the beach |
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| Carl at his tank on the beach |
We of course made several trips on the $3 bus to Flamenco
Beach. It is a beautiful big sandy beach with a vendor area where you can get
drinks and eats. It also has a big tent campground next to the beach and there
are even a couple of tanks on the beach, which they have repainted since we
were last there in 2013.
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| Carl's dive partners |
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| Danielle on the dive |
Before we left Carl did a dive with Captain Taz of
Adventure Diving. It was a nice set of dives with four other divers, one was
doing her first Discover Diving Class. The corals are beautiful and he found a
lobster and some flame scallops.
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| Holly enjoying the dive |
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| A flame scallop on the dive |
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| Mr Lobster made an apperance |
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| Flame scallop at Brewers Bay |
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| Great sunset at Brewers |
At the end of the week we motored against a strong wind,
of course, back to Brewers Bay. There we had a beautiful sunset and one day
Carl found a Flame Scallop while snorkeling at the beach. We also discovered
that we can have a good meal at the UVI campus cafeteria and we also joined
their wellness gym so we can work out now.
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| renovating the old fort to a museum |
As Easter was our 40th anniversary, we went to
the Island View, one of our favorite places to eat, with a number of friends to
have dinner. After Easter we are going to head East and see where we end up.
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We celebrate our Anniversary at Island View with friends
Wilma and Gene |
Hope everyone had a Happy Easter!
