The Brothers FitzGerald
26 February 2014 | US Virgin Islands
Devi
We just spent 3 wonderful days (way too short) with FitzGerald. We have known Brion and Kevin for years as our park service careers overlapped or we followed each in parks. For example, we have all worked in Everglades National park. Brion lives in St. John and Kevin will be moving within biking distance to our house in North Carolina.
I have always said that one of the best parts of our lives as cruisers (living aboard a sailboat) has been sharing this lifestyle with our friends and family. Since Brion has seen much of this park (Virgin Islands National Park) he wanted to visit the British Virgin Islands. We went to Jost Van Dyke to check in and cruised the town and made a significant bakery visit. Apparently these guys don’t like to pass up a bakery. We anchored at little Jost Van Dyke and had a great afternoon swim. The next day we sailed to the Indians and snorkeled there and took a mooring ball in the Bight at Norman Island. We took a hike and enjoyed a few delicious drinks (painkillers and pina colas). This morning we got up early and picked up a mooring ball at the Caves and had a very nice snorkel. Our downwind sail back to St. John was lovely.
The last three days were filled with old stories and updates about our lives.