Happy Thanksgiving
26 November 2009 | Virgin Gorda
On Wednesday 11-25 we were finally able to get a buoy at the dive site The Rhone. It was a great dive and the wreck was amazing. Some of the angel fish were the largest I have ever seen. The coral and sponge formations on the wreck had a beautiful array of colors and provided a great home for many fish, large and small. One lobster we found would have made a meal for a family.
After the dive we had a nice sailed up to Virgin Gorda. This is a area surrounded by islands and upscale resorts and provides a very protective anchorage. A group of maybe, 10 or 12 boats from the Caribbean 1500 congregated here for Thanksgiving, BVI style. I had already bought a package of butterball shaved turkey and told the boys that this was the best they were going to get. It has been so warm here we did not want to heat the boat up by cooking a turkey for 4 hours. There was a generous amount of all the Thanksgiving usuals including turkey, gravy, stuffing, sweet potato pie and cranberries. We will stay in this area for a few days. There are several towns and resorts we want to check out, some snorkeling near Saba Rock, diving and a few museums and, of course, we have to see The Baths. More on that at a later date.