Our B.V.I. Adventure

This post may be a few days late...my apologies.  Internet and other resources (power and water) have been sparse this week.
Here are some of my photos of the damage caused by Hurricane Earl:
Thank goodness this tree caught the awning from the nearby sports complex.  Scary to think what damage it would have caused to homes in the area.
Oh, and the letters that spell Pusser's on the warehouse came down...we found a few of them.
For more photos of the damage - including some from Anegada, the island hit hardest by Hurricane Earl - go to www.bvimusic.com.

It's 8:30 a.m. on Day 271.  Hurricane Earl is on his way. 

Five of our seven hurricane shutters are closed and locked down.  We're waiting to close the other two because it's going to get hot, especially when we lose power!  (So far so good; we even have cable this morning!)

We are only experiencing rain and wind.  Overnight conditions were pretty still - almost too still.  Despite spending an afternoon at the Tamarind's pool bar yesterday and taking a melatonin to help us sleep last night, Michael and I were up every couple of hours, checking the weather reports and looking out across the channel.  Looks like Earl will be upgraded to a Category 3.  The folks over at Dear Miss Mermaid are updating the stats pretty regularly and adding photos from around the BVI too.

Here's the view from our porch this morning:

Since I snapped this photo with my iPhone just a few moments ago, the wind has picked up.  You can hear the waves crashing now, as a band of rain washes over us.

Oh and just in case you've forgotten what it normally looks like:

We're hearing that the worst of Hurricane Earl won't get to the BVI until this afternoon/evening.  We'll be ready!!! 

Michael is heading into Road Town to secure inventory at the warehouse and the store in Pusser's Pub. 

Thanks to everyone keeping us in your prayers!

For the past 10 days, I've been "off island." I traveled to Florida to visit my parents and spend time with friends there.  What a vacation it was!  No weddings, parties or showers to attend.  The reason for the visit was just that - to visit!

It was hard to be away from Michael and Milly for that long, but at the same time it was nice to enjoy the comforts of home: air conditioning, mom's cooking, shopping at Target,  IKEA, and the like!

But now, I'm back!  Here are a few photos from the plane ride home...


It was a sunset flight.  I just loved looking at the clouds over Tortola.


Here's one of the final descent to Beef Island...notice that is water just before (and beyond) the runway!  It was such a smooth landing!  And all in all, a great day of flying.


Now, let's just hope that Tropical Storm Earl misses the BVI...not exactly the welcome home present I was expecting!  Ha!