On March 9 we checked in at West End, BVI, and spent the night at a mooring in Soper\u2019s Hole.\u00a0\u00a0 Early on March 10, we moved to Road Harbour, where we anchored briefly outside of Wickhams Cay. \u00a0We were there to pick up four guests for the day: Rasmus and Kari Morvik and Terje and Kirsten Seim, all from the Kristiansand area of southern Norway.\u00a0 They had\u00a0flown in to San Juan, Puerto Rico for several days of visiting that island before boarding \u201cBrilliance of the Seas\u201d to the Virgin Islands.\u00a0Their cruise ship arrived at Road Harbour just about the same time we did, but there would be a short delay while they had breakfast aboard and then found their way off the huge ship.<\/p>\n
While we waited for the appointed time, we were surprised by a dinghy visit from a sailboat anchored nearby. \u00a0Paul, aboard Distant Shores II,<\/em> had recognized our vessel and came to say hello and present us with a gift. \u00a0Paul and his wife Sheryl are videographers that produce a television series entitled, naturally enough, Distant Shores. \u00a0We had appeared in one of their programs, an episode that featured a rum-tasting party aboard Seaman’s Elixir<\/em> hosted by Linda and Steve Kraskey in Culebra way back in March, 2007<\/a>. \u00a0Anyway, Paul presented us with a copy of the rum-tasting episode! \u00a0How gracious!<\/p>\n Barb stayed on board while I took the dinghy in at 9:30 to Village Cay Marina, in order to fetch the four Norwegians for a short visit.\u00a0They had but one day in the BVIs, so we had to pack a lot into a little time.\u00a0 We crossed over to the Indians for some snorkeling and then in to the Bight for some lunch on board and then watched the rum-tasting episode. Then, a brief visit to the always-raucous Willy T’s for an introduction to “pain killers”. \u00a0And then a hustle back to Road Harbour in order to get our friends back on board the cruise ship by 4:15, so that they could continue on to\u00a0Guadeloupe and Barbados and back to Puerto Rico.<\/p>\n All too brief.\u00a0 Vi gleder oss til \u00e5 se dem igjen i sommer.<\/p>\n March 31 addendum: \u00a0the pictures marked below with (TS) were provided by Terje Seim.<\/p>\n\n\t\t