Bob & Sharon's Virgin Gorda & Caneel Bay Trip Report

[Bob & Sharon]

Dear Island Friends,

We returned from a three-week escape to the Virgin Islands. The trip started with two weeks on Virgin Gorda where we rented a house near Spring Bay (Crosswinds) and enjoyed snorkeling all over that beautiful, sleepy island and eating at several of the Island’s restaurants. We took a delightful boat excursion with “Double D” to the Dogs and Cooper Island, which is always fun and educational with David who knows so much about the islands and their wildlife. We finished up with 9 days at Caneel Bay on St John, which is summer camp for adults done right where time spent there is always splendid from the staff to the many beaches & reefs. The best restaurant on St. John is La Toppa in Cruz bay. Also delicious was Sun Dog Café in Mongoose Junction and Uncle Joe’s Barbeque with the best ribs.

It was marvelous, as always. We photographed and identified 180 fish and other wildlife this year, up from 157 last year. The pictures and the trip’s log can be found in a folder behind our website at the link: www.doppstein.com/vg10

Hope you enjoy them!
Bob & Sharon

[Tracy in WI]

Thanks Bob and Sharon - What a great report and great pictures! I especially love all the people fish(!) and the one with your friends on the floats with the stingray below - is that stingray photo shopped in??!!

Sounds like you had another great trip - the night at the Opera sounds fantastic!

Happy Holidays to you!

[Bob & Sharon]

Tracy: I tend to collect stingray pictures each year and had dozens. Ron and Melissa floating i thought it would be great shot. It was fun to put together and to color-balance to make it look real in Photoshop. Photographic evidence is gone forever!
Thank you for your kind words. It was a wonderful trip. We sure miss the warm sands with this snow everywhere!

[PA Girl]

I read about half of the trip report. You brought back great VG memories as well as Caneel memories. Looking forward to finishing the rest of the report after the boys go to sleep.

[cptnkirk]

Always love your underwaters Used a previous trip report of yours for planning our trip to Virgin Gorda last Sept, it was a wealth of information. Thanks alot!

[Bill in Va]

Hey there....Just great stuff, as usual. So sorry we didn't get to see you but hope there will be another try next year. God bless....Bill and Sandie