The morning of day 5, we wake up, reorganize, and straighten up the boat. After our breakfast of bacon, egg, and cheese english muffins made on the stove, we sailed from The Bight to Soper's hole on Tortola. It's a fun place to do some shopping and eat lunch at the famous Pusser's. It's very good, but on the pricey side. We restocked at the grocery store, and then set off for Diamond Cay and the Bubbly Pool on Jost Van Dyke!
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| Pusser's at Soper's Hole |
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| Outside of Foxy's Taboo |
After a smooth sail, we motor in to Diamond Cay only to discover that there are no mooring balls open (binoculars help when you are looking for an open mooring ball). We don't trust our anchoring skills enough to do it without our instructor… So, we decide to head over to White Bay. As we are motoring out of the bay, I take one more look at the mooring field and I see a boat coming out. After a quick check with the binos, I see an open mooring ball! Yay. We were able to turn around and grab it. Lesson learned… get to Diamond Cay early, or hang around to see if someone leaves. There are only 10 mooring balls in this bay, and it's a popular stop because of the Bubbly Pool. It's also a challenging bay to anchor in.
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| Dinghy rescue |
While we were settling in, and getting ready for our trip to the bubbly pool, Adam noticed a dinghy with about 8 people paddling towards their catamaran. He and Maria jumped in the dinghy to go help them out. They were relieved to see them, and appreciated the help.
A sea turtle came up next to our boat to say Hi. I just love them. We headed off to the bubbly pool! When the trail makes it's first left turn, if you go straight, and then up you will see some very pretty views. We made it to the bubbly pool past the poisonous trees. It was much more bubbly this time! We found another trail to the right of the bubbly pool that provided some of the best views so far. On the way back we stopped in at Foxy's Taboo for our
Eating and Drinking Guide Drinks.
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| Mangrove tree on the way to the Bubbly Pool |
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| above the Bubbly Pool |
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| The Bubbly Pool! |
Next we headed out to do some snorkeling. It was a bit far of a swim for me, so when Adam took off from the boat, Maria and I headed towards the shore in the dinghy. When I hit the bottom with the motor (oops) I decided we should probably just anchor it :-) We met up with Adam who had just seen a nurse shark and we all did some snorkeling. Another one of my favorite things to do, then we spent some more time in our floaties.
Dinner was hamburgers on the grill. It almost fell off and we had to deal with a grill full of hot coals that was barely hanging on and threatening to dump it's dangerous contents down the side of the boat and into the water. After searching, we finally found where the toolkit was. Next time, I'll be sure to bring a multitool or two. By this time the sun was long gone. Time to break out the flashlight, and check out who is swimming under our boat. There were a ton of Tarpon under there, which is a little creepy because their eyes glow orange when you shine the light on them. Then the nurse shark swam by. That was really cool, and made for some interesting home videos.
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| "Fishing" |
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