As we arrived at CYOA on Saturday afternoon it was great to see all the familiar faces: Nancy, Jay, Jan and we got to meet Debbie for the first time. Debbie & Jay post on the Livin da Life blog that we follow to keep up with what is happening on the island so it was fun to put a face to the woman behind much of the writing.
Having a car rental is totally the way to go. We ate a quick dinner, got our provisioning done and headed back to the boat with absolutely no hassle. We realized that this is our fifth trip to the island now so it definitely feels like coming back to our second home.
Jan made the offer that if I cared to get up nice and early, I could join her on her early morning walk. Sure enough, I was up and ready to go when she appeared at 6 am. This may be vacation, but if you want to get in a good walk this is definitely the time of day to do it. The humidity takes a lot of getting adjusted to, especially away from the ocean breeze. Jan has a great workout walk into town from the marina that includes the famous 99 steps and another run of steps that I'm sure had more. We walked up to Bluebeard's castle, back down and then Jan walked back up again (I was definitely huffing at that point) before making our way back around the harbour to CYOA. Now if only I can keep up on this great intention to get out on a regular basis - I'll be a very happy camper.
After a few more errands and returning the car we were on our way. A weather advisory with high winds and a strong swell were forecast so to stay out of the swells we sailed the south shore of St. Thomas and St. John, picking Little Lameshur Bay as our destination. We came the whole way on one tack, passing through 4-5 squalls with winds and spray that made us very happy that we had prepared with a double reef in the sails. The double rainbows against the shore of St. John were spectacular and made the dodgy weather all worth it.
Given the wave action that was probably hitting the north shore beaches, there was lots of activity on the beach here until about 4pm, but then poof, everyone disappeared, including the only other boat in the bay. Once again, coming to the south side has treated us to a lovely secluded anchorage for the night.
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