There's a lot of folks from Russia that have looked at the blog, so I chose to intro this one in their language...it seemed like something fun to do. Anyway, this is the 2nd of the blogs about Gregg and Cyndi's visit. It's quite long...we were really busy having lots of fun.
We left off with the girls enjoying the rum at Marina Cay. Just prior to our evening's entertainment, we had been diving the "RMS Rhone." There were some great pictures taken and all had a great time. Initially, there was some anxiety due to odd smelling air in some of the dive tanks we had filled earlier in the day. I thought it smelled like compressor oil. We tested it for a minute and it seemed ok so we continued the dive without any troubles. I found out later there were some filters on the dive shop's compressor that needed changing. All together, we tallied up 5 days of diving including the Chimney, RMS Rhone and Spyglass Wall. We even tried a night dive on a reef in Little Harbor. Here's some more pics from some of the dives:
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| Coral formations |
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| Up, up and away! |
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| Nice pic of a lionfish |
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| The girls...looking pretty |
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| Hanging onto the mooring line at Spyglass Wall |
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| Cyndi headed to The Chimney |
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| No Marine organisms? |
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| I guess that means even lobsters |
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| Looking through the ribs of The Rhone |
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| Gregg next to a prop blade...I took this picture |
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Me next to the prop...I should've just let Cyndi
take the pictures...her's all turned out! |
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Karen, next to wreck of The Rhone...Cyndi took
this one...nice! |
Of course, we also had to take them to The Baths (Virgin Gorda)...one of the premier touristy spots in the BVI. While there, I read some of the literature about the place...it seems the area is not named for the "bathtub-quality" water temperature, or the secluded "bathtub-like" pools under the large granite boulders. The name has been shortened from batholiths...a large complex of igneous rocks. If I believe Wikipedia, then batholith is the definition for an area over 100 square kilometers (like Yosemite N.P.)...smaller areas like this one should be called "stocks." It probably wouldn't sound so cool to tourists, though...."The Stocks" sounds like a tour of the local jail or something.
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| At the Top of The Baths |
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| One of the passage ways into another area of rocks |
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There we were, under the rocks...standing in water
up to our knees...in the dark...and the girls were
wearing their sunglasses. |
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| Kissing under the rocks |
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| Trees growing in the rocks |
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| Almost crawling through the rocks |
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| Looking between the rocks |
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| Devil's Bay beach, next to the rocks |
Karen and I decided to take them to another place we've enjoyed...the trails around Leinster Bay (St. John) and the ruins of the Annaberg Sugar Plantation. It dates back to the mid-1700's when cane sugar was "king" in the islands. Of course, this triggered the importation of slaves to work the plantations. For more info, here is a link to a website:
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| There's a really hairy goat in the center of pic |
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| Looking over some of the ruins |
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| The original windmill foundation |
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It took Gregg and Cyndi a long time to make the
extremely dangerous and very illegal climb to
the top of the windmill.... |
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Everyone was happy when they made it back down
without injury or arrest |
No, they didn't really climb the windmill...they climbed one of the other buildings.
Lastly, we headed to Cruz Bay (St. John) for a short visit, then on to Red Hook (St. Thomas) for their taxi ride back to the airport and some much-needed rest...it's hard to have this much fun!
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| Part of Cruz Bay |
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| On the dinghy ride back to the boat |
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| Headed home after a wonderful vacation |
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