Day 7: Road work on weekends only; marooned at Brewer's Bay

A good rain shower around 5 a.m. followed by more brief showers and rainbows. Gary remarked he was getting tired of seeing rainbows.

Hang the audio of yesterday’s Talkin’ Tourism radio show on the blog while listening to the street paving crew coming down the street. Gary finally wanders out to see what’s up and learns that road construction is only done on weekends. The crew is paving the street along Casa Allamanda and promises they will be out of the way by 10 a.m.

Try to update my blog and upload photos, but current goes out again. Seems like a daily occurrence. No problem, we have many diversions to keep us occupied.

We booked the boat for Monday, knowing today’s weather forecast includes a 40% chance of showers. Sunday and Monday the rain probability decreases to 30%.

The rain never seems to last long, so we take a vote and decide to head over to Josiah’s today for some beach fun. Tomorrow we’ll hit Smuggler’s, followed by the full moon party at Trellis Bay in the evening.

Pack up the car for Josiah's Bay. Head up the driveway and uh, oh. Heavy equipment on the road to the left, road crew sleeping in the seat. Gary begins to maneuver the car to make the right turn instead of a left and a road crew walking down the hill tells us we can't go that way. Gary asks if they can move the roller so that we can pass to the left. Neither of the workers are 'authorized' to run the equipment, but they make a cell call. We wait 10-to-15 minutes and finally decide we're not going any place fast. Gary proceeds to back down the very steep incline...yes back down. Those of you who know the drive probably know how I felt at that very moment--mortified! Needless to say, I'm typing this blog so we survived; and so did the car--no scratches or mashed windshields.

Road equipment ran up and down Anderson Hill all day long. We took it in stride and enjoyed the pool and mountain breezes. We didn't try to venture out until around 6 p.m. Due to the new pavement, Gary left some rubber at the top of the driveway when we left. The road is very slippery and 4-wheel drive is probably going to be a requisite until the road cures a bit. Going down the hill towards Brewer's Bay, we encounter barricades. We're still blocked in, but manage to get around them. When we later return, the barricade's are gone. Tomorrow when we venture out, we'll know to take the Brewer's Bay roads instead of the Road Town / East End roads since the road crew only works on the weekend.

Jimmy Buffett needs to write new lyrics. Instead of 'no plane on Sunday,' new lyrics to read 'no road on Sunday.'