Peter Island
23 November 2009
We left The Bight and spent the morning at White Bay at Peter Island. We did some snorkeling and then moved to Key Point to spend the night. This anchorage had several boats already anchored up for the night when we arrive. We had to anchor a little further out from the protective cove and spent the night rolling all over the place. The beach was beautiful and the water crystal clear. The following morning we sailed over to the other side of the island and spent the day at Deadman's Bay. This is the area where the photo was taken and is the prettiest area we have seen yet. North Star is the boat with the blue hull off to the right of the photo. The photo really doesn't show just how beautiful it is here. We spent the morning hiking to the top of the mountain. We defiantly have sea legs now and not land legs because this took a lot of work to get to the top. There were literally, thousands of white butterflies everywhere. The views off both sides of the mountain were amazing. One side had quite little bays and the other had crashing waves rolling up to shore. We spent some time just taking in these unbelievable views. Before it got dark we headed back to Road Town, the main town in Tortola, and anchored near customs. We had dinner at the famous Pusser's. The following day consisted of not so much fun. Laundry, groceries, a getting parts from the local marinas. While we were having lunch, we thought we saw the previous owner of North Star. After we finished eating we were not able to find the person we saw. Later, while I was at the grocery I ran into her again, and sure enough, it was the previous owner. We had a nice talk and she told me about her new boat. Tomorrow we hope to dive the Rhone, one of the top ten ship wreck dives.