PIRATE'S TREASURE AND PAINKILLERS

0945 hours, February 7, 2015, Soper's Hole, Tortola Island BVI: Dropped anchor, lowered the dingy and headed for customs. Normally the captain is the only one allowed ashore until the captain has cleared customs for all crew and passengers. It can be a problem for the boat when checking out of customs on departure if the same passengers that were on board at check in are not on board when checking out. As Jim and Kim would be leaving us while we were still in the BVI's, I brought them along to check in. The were able to check in independently and were not included on the boat's manifest. 

After checking in we picked Beth up at the boat, and had a late breakfast at one of the restaurants in Soper's  Hole. We then headed south to the Blight on Norman's Island. We picked up a mooring on the north side of the cove toward the entrance. After settling in Jim, Kim and I header around Treasure Point at the south west entrance to the cove, to the caves. We tied the dingy off on a buoy supported line for that purpose, close to cliffs between the caves. We donned scuba gear and splashed into the the 82 degree water to search for pirates treasure. 

Visibility was much better than it had been at Trunk Bay. The fish were more plentiful, and with the clearer water, more colorful. Coral, as the colorful fish, were everywhere both inside and outside the caves. This beautiful sea life was spectacular. We had found the pirate's treasure. 

Back on Catalina Sunshine we witnessed a amazing semicircular rainbow looking back through the entrance to the Cove, toward Tortola. 

As this was Saturday night we had made reservations for dinner at the new Pirates Beach Bar and Grill, reserving a table along the Beach. On the way in we passed the Willie T as we had on our previous trip. This was a more rowdy group than those at at happy hour on our previous trip. As we passed one couple had just took a leap of faith inspired by chanting from the pirates quenching their thrust aboard the Willie T.  

Happy hour was still underway when we arrived at the Pirates Beach Bar. With the two for one pricing we stocked up on Pain Killers before the bell rung to end happy hour.  A Pain Killer includes orange and pineapple juice, cream of coconut and rum with nutmeg on the top. It slides down smoothly successfully killing all pain. I was the only tea totter. The waiter, who had become our best friend by this time, wanted to know why I had no pain. He immediately understood my explanation, that I was the cause of their pain. Pain free, we all enjoyed the dinner and a gorgeous sunset from our table on the beach.