Weighing our options:
Salt Pond Bay and the hikes to Drunken Bay and Ram Head or back to
one of our favourite haunts, Lameshur Bay and the hike up to the top
of Bordeaux Mountain.
It seems that we can't
leave a hill (“mountain”) unclimbed so back we went to Lameshur
Bay. With a forecast and the previous day's example of a sunny
morning with showers in the afternoon, we opted to do some snorkeling
in the bay for the morning. The east side of Greater Lameshur has
some fine diversity of coral and fish-life for the viewing.
By about 1:30pm we
decided to fill our water bottles and head up the mountain – even
took some dry t-shirts in a zip-loc in case we got soaked on the way
up or down. This time, as per usual, the forecast didn't pan out and
as we sweated our way up the mountainside with a goal of 1200' at the
top, we came across two other equally labouring boaters/hikers
winding their way up the hillside. Hurrah's all round when we made
it to the top and although it took a bit of searching we were finally
treated to some pretty spectacular views to the east across most of
the British Virgin Islands.
Back down the mountain
we trundled, this time rewarded with great views of the boats in
Lameshur beckoning us homewards. A reward equal to the views at the
top of the mountain is the cooling dip in the ocean on return to the
boat – was I ever hot since now it is so nice and cool?
We finally got the BBQ
lighted again (too much socializing last night) and cooked up the
last of our port chops for a delicious dinner before heading over to
Jacana to visit with our new-found hiking buddies Andrew and
Margaret. More adventures to hear of since they sailed over from
Scotland with the ARC in December arriving in St. Lucia in time for
New Year's and now in the USVI.
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