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 Three days ago, we left for Peter Island
which turned out to be a 17 nm sail (jib and jigger) with winds out of NE at 15 knots. The predicted 10 feet ground swell did not materialize in the Virgin Gorda area so we only had to deal with 4-6 ft seas driven by the wind. We arrived in Great Harbour on Peter Island around 1300 with the usual exercise of tasking a mooring buoy. This getting kinda expensive as the moorings everywhere usually are USD 25 per day.
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 We came upon this critter while hiking around Peter Island. He was heading for the resort also. When we came ashore, we met by an older gentleman named Conrad, who appeared to be blind. He helped us with our dinghy and gave us some local knowledge. We saw him several times during our visit. He had a 'tip jar' so we contributed to the cause.
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 This is very pretty island
but much of it has been acquired and locked down by the Peter Island Resort. They discourage cruisers by the extreme rates for dockage, power, and mooring. However, they open the grounds and restaurants to visitors so we had a chance to check it out. Nice place but out of budget range.
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 There is this boat called Deliverance that visits Peter and Norman Islands and picks up your trash and provides ice; both for a fee. Ann loves these guys! She can get her ice fix every day. We first encountered them at Norman's but discovered them at Peter's today. Ann is happy.
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 Yesterday we left for Soper's Hole to
provision and check out of the BVIs Our stay here in this wonderful territory has to come to an end as we have new places to go. Plus our stay here is limited to a month and that is almost over. We got a great mooring ball near the ferry dock but as we are east of the dock, we get no wakes. We visited our new favorite restaurant, the Jolly Roger Inn and completed our provisioning. Tomorrow, we head for St. Johns in the USVI, a trip of three nm.
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