March 10, 2014
We set out this morning from
Dewey with little to no wind. We motored
to Culebrita, in the Spanish Virgin Islands too. We were able to arrive at Culebrita in just
about an hour. We were the only boat in
the anchorage, having our choice of free mooring balls, and we were anxious to
get started exploring the little island.
We loaded ourselves up in D-Time and took a very short trip to
land. We packed a lunch, because we had
big plans on the little island.
We started out with a nice long
walk to the very top of the little island to a beautiful old, almost
demolished, lighthouse. We walked a very
nice trail that included lots of cactuses, hermit crabs and beautiful
views. By the time we got to the top we
saw what must have been a very beautiful lighthouse years ago. It was in bad repair and falling apart, but
the architectural components of the lighthouse were awesome to see, old brick
and a beautiful design. Daniel saw some
stairs leading to the top of the light house and he was going up. I was behind, but was going to wait until he
checked the stairs out to make sure they were really safe. While I’m watching him climb the stairs, I’m
not paying any attention to the surrounding area, and apparently I’m standing
just below a beehive and the bees were not happy to see me. One got me on the forehead and I screamed
out. Daniel came down the stairs and
pointed out the whole beehive, with honeycombs attached. Yikes!
As we were leaving, we walked
around the outside of the lighthouse where we saw the “No Traspassing” (no, I
did not spell that incorrectly, the sign actually said, “No Traspassing”)
sign. A little too late, my bee sting
was hurting me all the way down the small mountain. The only thing that kept me from whining too
much was knowing that we were now headed towards the “natural jacuzzi’s a/k/a
Daniel’s Jacuzzi”. Daniel has been
reading about the natural Jacuzzi provided by the ocean swell and he was
anxious to try them out. We walked
through to the other side of the island in search of the jacuzzi and saw the
most beautiful beach. A huge lagoon,
with white sandy beaches and only a couple of boats in the lagoon using the
beach. The jacuzzi was at the end of the
beach, nestled in lots of rocks. We had
some rock climbing/jumping to do and made it to the spot. It was a natural rock formation with a pool
of water that came about chest high. You
could sit on one end of the rocks, near the ocean swell, and the water would
very lazily spill over the rocks and over you.
It was such a beautiful setting we all wanted our pictures taken. Daniel and I went and sat on the rocks and
put on our best smiles. Next it was Tim and
Blenda’s turn. It took a couple of
minutes for us to change places and for Tim and Blenda to get in the right
position for the best picture. Daniel
snapped the pictures and they sat there, just enjoying the smooth water pouring
over them as each wave came ashore but the next thing you know a “rogue” wave
came over so high and so fast it covered them and Blenda’s previously perfect
hairstyle was now wrapped all around her face.
Tim was spitting out sea water and looking for his hat that was washed
away. It was a real eye opener to say
the least. We figured about every 10 to
15 minutes the really big waves came to shore and washed over that portion of
the jacuzzi and Tim and Blenda had timed it just right.
After our time in the jacuzzi we
had a nice picnic lunch on the rocks and walked back across the island to
D-Time. Call us old? I don’t think so, no siesta for us today – we
put on our snorkeling gear and snorkeled in some of the most clearest water you
have seen. The coral and fish were
again, unbelievable. I’m really loving
these Spanish Virgin Islands!
Later in the afternoon, we decided to take
D-Time to another portion of the shore and do some shelling. Daniel dropped us off and the rest of us went
shelling. Tim made his way all the way
around to some huge rock cliffs and came back with some awesome conch
shells. Blenda and I meandered along the
beach picking up a few shells and coral that had washed ashore. The next thing I knew, my second bee sting of
the day occurred. I’m not sure why the
bees were out to get me today, but I hope they leave me alone tomorrow. As we settled back on C-Time and all of us
were below except Daniel, he was top side putting stuff away from the day’s
fun, he comes below and proceeds to tell us about the 50 year old couple in the
boat next to us that were “bathing” off the back of their boat, no clothes –
neither one of them. Definitely not in
Charleston, South Carolina anymore.
Welcome to the Caribbean!
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