We Visit Culebra

Dakity mooring area

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.

A floating bar at Dakity mooring

Leslie in front with Paul and his
underwater sound system

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.

The path wasn't all clear

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.

 

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.

plans for the development of Point Soldado

The bay at Point Soldado 

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.

one tank on the beach

 

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.

 

Carl's dive partners

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.

 

Holly enjoying the dive

A flame scallop on the dive

Mr Lobster made an apperance

Flame scallop at Brewers Bay

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.

renovating the old fort to a museum

As Easter was our 40^th 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.

We celebrate our Anniversary at Island View with friends
Wilma and Gene

Hope everyone had a Happy Easter!