The Baths ~ Virgin Gorda

Thursday morning I woke up with a mission: Go to The Baths.

The Baths are a series of enormous boulders strewn about the coast on Virgin Gorda, as if placed there by giants. Some of them are three-stories tall, and the way they are situated creates a really fun place to hike through right along the ocean. Not only were they huge, but the colors on them were amazing! I'd read about them before the trip, and really wanted to see them.

I walked into the villa just as two of the other guests,T&R, were leaving for this amazing place. Since I didn't have a car, they were gracious enough to let me tag along.

I should pause and say that the one and only bummer about this trip was that pretty much everyone there was part of a couple...making me a proverbial odd-woman out. I hope people didn't mind me bumming along for the ride. Everyone was very nice, of course, but this kind of situation always makes me feel a little insecure. It didn't make things any better that I kept forgetting stuff...like my wallet! I managed to make it all the way to the island (and home again, as far as I know) without losing anything. But while I was there I kept forgetting things and having to mooch stuff (equipment, money etc) till I could repay. Sometimes I swear if my head weren't attached...

Anyway. So we go to the baths and it was simply gorgeous! I loved finding alternate routes off the main trail. R was a great scout, and would check things out to see if they were passable, then T & I would scramble along after him.

At the end of these massive boulders, you enter into a small bay that was just perfect. We snorkeled and hung out. It was a remarkable day. I'm so grateful for the chance to see such beauty in this world! I know that a relatively small fraction of the population ever has.

This was also the day that my success in not getting sunburned ended. My back positively fried while snorkeling. I'm currently in the itchy-phase :-(