Your first listed route is the correct one. It is relatively easy to avoid the Poker Run if you want to. You can also plan to be in the North Sound on Saturday, 5/27 and plan to be over by Saba or Bitter End so you can watch some of the craziness from afar! Or....get up early and head to Anegada...the actual day of the Run is the craziest.

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