We haven’t been to Long Bay at Virgin Gorda Island before. Last year, we visited Fallen Jerusalem, a tiny island off the southern point of Virgin Gorda (The Baths are nearby). This year, Rob brought us to the northern end of Virgin Gorda to moor at Long Bay. Long Bay is nicely sheltered and a pretty anchorage.

In addition to the anchor, Rob and Julia used ropes to tie us to shore. Rob positioned the boat, then Julia swam to shore with the rope. Here she is swimming to shore and then getting ready to tie us to shore.

There were two ropes, so she had a nice, refreshing swim x two! However, when swimming for the first rope, she saw a barracuda, which made her a bit nervous. 🐟 But, really, barracudas don’t bother humans. Still, she was a trooper for jumping back in the water!

After the hard work of getting us tied up, Julia made a great lunch for us. We had pulled pork on bao buns. Yum!

We love that Julia uses pomegranate seeds for so many dishes. They add a pop of color and flavor!

Jeff has been taking pictures of our progress on the map on his iPhone to show where we go and anchor. It’s a great way to keep track of each location we visited. Here, you can see the blue dot near the top of the island showing where we are in Long Bay at Virgin Gorda Island.

After another relaxing afternoon, we had dinner at sunset out on the front of the boat. Rob took a photo of us with the sunset in the background. Pretty!

Dinner was one of our favorites – lamb chops! They were topped with a pistachio and pomegranate mixture. Julia served them with polenta and roasted asparagus. Oops, I ate most of my asparagus before I remembered to take a picture.

After dinner, we noticed a rather large stingray gliding around the boat. Amazingly, the video we took from the boat through the water came out nice! A couple of seconds in, you can also see a smaller stingray swimming up from the bottom of the frame to swim near the larger one. Finally, at the end of the video, you will see a barracuda hanging out next to the boat. Rob lit it up with his flashlight.

The water is blue because the underboat lights are on, and they are a blue-tinted color.

As usual, we fed the fish our dinner “leftovers” (as in scraps of debris, not real food leftovers). It’s cool when we see the large Tarpon fish come out from under the boat for the feeding. We also see Ballyhoo (a long, skinny fish with a long, pointy, extended mouth). We don’t see the Ballyhoo when we snorkel, so don’t have any pictures of them. Bummer!

Then it’s time for bed — and on to another great day.