Have you read Stevenson’s Treasure Island? It’s one of my favorite books! I’m a bit partial having spent so much time on Norman Island, but I enjoy hunting for buried treasure. Now, instead of hunting on land, I hunt in libraries looking for stories about the Virgin Islands. Here’s an interesting one I found about […]
Norman Island ☠️
Rare Billy Bones Beach Bar Menu Up For Sale!
While scrolling through ebay today, I came across one of the most interesting finds! It was a dinner menu from a restaurant my husband and I opened in 1997! How cool is that? It certainly brought back a flood of memories. This menu must have been “borrowed” and kept as a keepsake for over sixteen years! It […]
Fun-Times Treasure Hunting with Tony Creque ~ 1986
Have you ever had a family member that made you laugh just to be in their presence? 😊 For me, it was my uncle, Tony Creque. Whenever we spent time together, we reminisced about the good ole days, often laughing and talking about the stories we heard growing up. During an evening with friends, we chatted […]
Running a Rockin’ Rock Bar on Norman Island ~ 1990s
During the 1990s, my husband and I opened a beach bar on an uninhabited island in the British Virgin Islands. It was one of the most thrilling times in our lives! Every day brought new challenges and new experiences. I shared some of those memories in a post on the website, Women Who Live On Rocks. For […]
Follow Along as the YAKABOO Island Hops Through the British Virgins ~ 1911
It was Thursday, June 22nd, the Coronation Day of George the Fifth, when a little sailing canoe anchored in the pretty harbor of Tortola! 🇻🇬 She had just arrived from visiting Saba Island in the Dutch Antilles. The skipper, no stranger to the West Indies, went ashore to announce his arrival and was welcomed warmly by […]