We are back from another week in the islands, spent mostly at what we now consider home (Anegada -- we commute to Houston to work.)

Highlights of the trip:
  • Spending a weekend with Cele and Davide at Cow Wreck -- with Davide doing some cooking (of course).
  • Being with our Cow Wreck family, and taking Lakecia, Janisha, and Treisha to Tortola on the ferry.
  • Nancy's cousin Bill and his wife coming down from Pennsylvania, first-timers in the BVI. We took them to Smuggler's Cove, Trellis Bay, Cow Wreck, Coco Plum, Brandywine Bay, plus they spent a day at Cane Garden Bay and had dinner at Bananakeet. Not bad for first-timers!
  • Meeting and hanging out with Elsa Peretti at Cow Wreck Beach. What a lady!
  • Neptune's Treasure -- one of our two favorite places on Anegada.
  • Visiting with Sue Wheatley and romping with Charlie.
  • Meeting TTOL'ers Yank, Goozee, Northernsailor, and others at Cow Wreck.
  • Belle cooking a special lunch for me at Cow Wreck: pig tails with dumplings and fresh Anegada pea soup.
  • Making pastries for Belle.
  • Being invited to Belle's family reunion in July. We will be there!
  • Playing on the beach with Shaina and Ebony.
  • Meeting lots of new friends at Cow Wreck.
  • Conch ceviche, conch fritters, and lobster at Cow Wreck.
  • Mahi-mahi at Neptune's (incredible!)
  • Fish tacos and cheeseburgers at Smuggler's.
  • Dinner at Brandywine Bay.
  • Skillet mushrooms and ribs at Coco Plum.
  • Cheeseburgers at the Jolly Roger.
  • Completing the final bits of business relating to our Long Bay apartment (the purchasing ordeal took 20 months end-to-end).
Photos are at nwmangum.com/BVI2006-March. Photos include a morning watching pelican acrobatics, Cow Wreck (of course), and a wild cotton plant on the west end of Tortola.

Did I mention Cow Wreck?

Walker Mangum
Cow Wreck Beach, Anegada