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Hi everyone! If you're receiving our emails for the first time in a while, or even the first time, it's probably because our updates were getting filtered by many servers. We've employed a new email server that sends the updates individually to everyone in our list so hopefully we've resolved that issue. We're also trying a new method of sending pictures that leaves them on our website instead of in your email so the email remains very small. Let us know if there is any problem with any of the pictures as we're still trying to work all the bugs out. We only have one week left before we leave the British Virgins Islands heading back to the North American Mainland so we're going to do one last little 'tour' of all our favorite spots to share with you. On the 29th, we'll be setting sail for Bermuda and will be sending our updates again every day as we travel... hopefully! Those of you that were following the last trip might remember us getting caught in a storm that flooded our laptop and effectively knocked out communication for a few days! This time we're going to try and send along a new 'picture of the day' with each entry as we travel the open ocean. Anyway, hope this finds you all well, and here's our latest entry! This is Soper's Hole a quaint little island town with gorgeous little shops and a wonderful market with fresh breads and yummy hard to find foods. We always stop in here when we are on the West end of Tortola and fill up with water, diesel and wander the shops and lovely walkways. Everything is painted in bright pinks, blues and corals and it has such a happy and cheerful feeling when you pull in.
Soper's Hole Marina, also home to Pusser's Rum Bar in West End, Tortola
Steel Drum Band Playing at Lunch in Pusser's Rum Bar We dinghyed over to Pusser's for a late snack of wings and cool drinks after we heard the unmistakable sound of live steel drums wafting over the boat. We had been searching for steel drum bands since we got here and as of yet had only heard a few in the US islands. As we munched on our hot wings in the cool shade the band started to play a new set and they were amazing. Nothing fits the island sun, breezes and sights like the sounds of a steel drum playing.
The View Across Our Bow of Cane Garden Bay, Tortola After finishing lunch and a little shopping, we headed to Cane Garden Bay to spend a few days. It has a long curving white sand beach which Ashley and I love to walk on in the mornings and cool evenings. The anchorage can be a little rolly here so we rigged up a second stern anchor and backed right up close to the beach. It turned out to be the perfect spot to sit in the cockpit at night and hear the local bands playing. I could also swim to shore right off the back of the boat and wade to shore when the sun got to hot. The weather this week has been very hot and no breezes to speak of. All the locals say it already feels like it usually does in July, lucky us!!
Lucky 'Manning' the Helm as we set the Anchor. Lucky enjoyed an afternoon hanging around the cockpit and swinging on the life lines! She's so funny when she sits on the lifelines and mimics all the sound effects of the local birds. She's picked up a few new ones so it will be interesting to see what the Canadian birds back in Georgian Bay think of her this summer! She's also been learning how to say "Thank-you so much!"... who would've thought... a parrot with manners! 
Sunset on Cane Garden Beach Our walks in the evening are so relaxing and the lighting is perfect. Its that twilight time when everything looks rich and exotic and almost magical. The beaches are very quiet and the surf laps at our toes as we walk along.
Another Beautiful Sunset Behind 'Sophisticated Lady' The Lady calming floating at sunset. The island behind is Jost Van Dyke, our favorite island among many. We head back to the boat to start the bbq and have a quiet dinner over looking the beach and listening to the island sounds. Cheers,
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