I have a new challenge for you this week. As I was sitting here today in a beautiful bay in the BVIs painting my fingernails, I became cognizant of the odd questions I ask myself now that I live on a boat. “Which direction will the wind be blowing tomorrow?” “Where is the multimeter so I can test these triple A batteries?” or “How did this stranger’s glove get into my folded laundry?” However, today, I think I had the oddest question yet and it is one that I can pretty much guarantee you will never need to ask yourself….. “Which nail polish will a barracuda like the least?” Now, for people who do not dive or snorkel, this question may seem odd but given that barracuda love shiny, bright things to bite, wearing hot pink or neon orange nail polish equals a literal finger food lost to a fish. So, I settled on a light lavender….I figure my nails will blend in with the water this week! Prior to these very important Saturday ponderings, we spent several days on Tortola. We pulled into a marina for a night so we could restock supplies and get our laundry done but we were so comfortable, we ended up staying a couple of nights. The marina had a pool which is always a plus! We went to dinner at the marina restaurant the first night and she handed us a single page menu. We are used to limited menus so that was not a problem. She then began to list things on the menu that were not available. “No lobster, no chicken breast….but we have wings.” As we tried to order, we found that no chicken breast meant no chicken related dishes….only wings. Evidently, shredding a chicken wing to add to pasta or on a pizza was not a thing. The next night, we headed back to the restaurant to meet some friends from Grenada that had pulled into the marina earlier that day. The waitress handed us the menu and said, “No chicken breast. No shrimp” though grilled chicken breast was listed as the special of the day. We decided to make it easy on her and just ordered the chicken wings. When the plate arrived, it had wings and sauce. I asked about the celery, carrots and blue cheese that were listed on the menu. She came back with blue cheese. I am guessing celery and carrots were on the no-go list as well!
When we left Tortola, we chugged our way over to Cooper Island for some snorkeling. Good news, we finally found some fish! We parked the dinghy on the beach and swam out to a large outcropping of rocks where we saw schools of small fish and quite a few delicious looking snapper! Swimming back to the dinghy involved going against a stout current so we were definitely fully exercised for the day. For Bill’s birthday, we made our way over to the restaurant that was part of the resort on the island. The restaurant had it’s own brewery so Bill enjoyed his birthday beer very much! We will spend the next week island hopping our way through the remainder of the BVIs and hopefully doing some more snorkeling. The week will end with a trip to the party island of Yost Van Dyke which will finish up Bill’s birthday week and he can mark Yost off his bucket list. Enjoy your week and ponder those daily questions you ask yourself that might seem curious to someone not living your life….it will make you smile! PS: for those of you that have been concerned about Bill’s footwear, he found a pair of sandals on Tortola that should do the job for a while! No more duct tape shoes!
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