The launch of this BVI trip was smooth and easy! Highlights below:
- Travel from Stuart to Fort Lauderdale via I-95 quick and accident-free.
- Found parking location opposite elevator, down three floors, walked right to Spirit check-in counter.
- Check-in line, one-deep; wait time 5 minutes!
- Security line, two in front of us; clearance time less than 5 minutes.
- Aircraft on-time, big front seats. Magic!
- All luggage arrives (unlike June 2008 trip), Island Magic there to greet and transport us to ferry landing.
- While waiting for ferry to West End, enjoy our first libation while watching sea planes land and take off (slide show attached).
- Ferry on time, transport to West End non-eventful, Customs & Immigration line took less than 5 minutes. Wow!
- Jerry from Jerry's Car Rental there to greet us outside the ferry terminal. Takes us to pick up our wheels for our 10-day adventure. Gary remarks when he sees the vehicle that he's concerned it might be too big to make Casa Allamanda's drive-way. Jerry has an alternative car with a malfunctioning window he offers, but we decide to give the 4-wheel Suzuki XRS7 a try.
- Head over to Elms in Cane Garden Bay to meet Manpot, Candace, Captain Rick, Kim and other TTOL'ers at Elms for Sunday night barbeque. Good food, wine, conversation and laughs. More to come. Photos courtesy of Captain Rick.
- Leave Elms and stop at Bobby's to gather provisions for a late evening cocktail and breakfast in the morning. Bacon, eggs, coffee, tea, bread, rum, wine, diet coke, regular coke, beer, limes, butter, sugar, roll of paper towels, juice add up quickly----over $1oo. Not to worry--tomorrow's provisioning will make this look small. :)
- Travel over to Brewer's Bay to Casa Allamanda, which is situated 400 feet on Anderson Hill overlooking the bay. Uh, oh...bottom of car scrapes when we turn into the driveway. Gary was right; the car is too big. Oh, well. One more added chore in the morning---get a smaller car from Jerry's.
- Unpack provisions, grab the iPod, turn on the tunes, pour a rum and Coke, put on our suits and hit the pool. Heaven!!
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