Virgin Gorda - January 16-23, 2016

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January 16th 2016

Published: September 30th 2017

Geo: 18.462, -64.4265Our trip to Virgin Gorda was very enjoyable but had its good and bad aspects, though the good probably outweighed the bad for most of us. Arranging travel to and from Virgin Gorda with seven people was an adventure in itself, almost as much an adventure as the actual traveling. We all drove to Atlanta and spent the night in a motel where we parked our cars, spent the night,... Read Full Entry

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Anne & Lee

NPHiker

Anne and I started our hiking trips back in 2001 and have managed to get two or three trips in each year since. Most of the trips were part of our quest to hike in all of the US National Parks, a quest we completed in 2015 with our trip to Alaska and the Gates of the Arctic and Kobuk Valley parks. At that time there were 59 parks. Since 2015 we have revisited some of our favorite areas and those have been blogged as well. Additionally, along the way we’ve taken a couple of trips to Canada where we hiked in most, if not all, of the Canadian National Parks in the Rocky Mountains. And then ... full info

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From the Villa

The view from the balcony off the master bedroom.

Gorda Peak Hike

David & Sonja ---- and the old guy behind them just catching up.

From Gorda Peak

The platform on the summit was about the only place we found on the island that had a true 360 degree view.

From Gorda Peak

Sonja & David

On the platform on Gorda Peak.

Sunset

From the villa.

From the hillside above our villa

Our villa is the one with the brown tile roof just left of center in the picture.

Spring Bay

On our second day we went back to Spring Bay. Water was quite a bit rougher than the day before.

Bob and Maggie can both fly.

Back at Spring Bay. The three people in the water near the center of the picture were from new England. The man just beyond the one with his hands over his head is holding a beer up in his right hand (hidden by the other guy's left arm). We were there about two hours and he ALWAYS had that beer held up out of the water like that.

Another sunrise

From the Villa

Little Dix Bay

Visited this exclusive resort on Thursday before we went to the Bitter End Yacht Club for dinner where we think LeeAnne and I got food poisoning.

David & Sonja

On the walk from Bitter End Yacht Club to the Fat Virgin Restaurant.

View from the Fat Virgin Cafe

Another from the Fat Virgin

Huge chess board

Along the walk to the Fat Virgin Café

Gun Creek landing

Where you catch the free ferry to Bitter End Yacht Club and the Fat Virgin Café.

The ferry landing at Spanish Town.

Took a shorter ferry from VG to Tortola on our way home - only about 20 minutes instead of 45.

Leaving Tortola

From the flight leaving Tortola

To the left of the airstrip on Beef Island is the little bay, called Trellis Bay, where we picked up the North Sound Ferry on our arrival.

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