{"id":493,"date":"2022-02-04T16:37:42","date_gmt":"2022-02-04T16:37:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zipsterstravel.com\/?p=493"},"modified":"2022-02-04T19:07:44","modified_gmt":"2022-02-04T19:07:44","slug":"the-bvi-adventure-begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zipsterstravel.com\/?p=493","title":{"rendered":"The Adventure Begins!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The alarm went off at 4:30.  Always good to start a trip in total darkness.  A quick Uber to Logan and we were on our way. Melanie got us moved to the exit row &#8211; a nice score.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First stop, St Thomas. Just long enough for a quick lunch and then off on the ferry to Roadtown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"809\" src=\"https:\/\/zipsterstravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/E8BE4A65-4731-473E-B25C-AC747EAC82B2-1024x809.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zipsterstravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/E8BE4A65-4731-473E-B25C-AC747EAC82B2-1024x809.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/zipsterstravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/E8BE4A65-4731-473E-B25C-AC747EAC82B2-300x237.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/zipsterstravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/E8BE4A65-4731-473E-B25C-AC747EAC82B2-768x607.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/zipsterstravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/E8BE4A65-4731-473E-B25C-AC747EAC82B2-1200x948.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption>Off the plane<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/zipsterstravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/4EA6D7DA-ADA4-4B68-8541-0E5CAC8118EC-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-496\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zipsterstravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/4EA6D7DA-ADA4-4B68-8541-0E5CAC8118EC-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/zipsterstravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/4EA6D7DA-ADA4-4B68-8541-0E5CAC8118EC-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/zipsterstravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/4EA6D7DA-ADA4-4B68-8541-0E5CAC8118EC-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/zipsterstravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/4EA6D7DA-ADA4-4B68-8541-0E5CAC8118EC-1200x900.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption>Charlotte Amelie Waterfront<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The ferry ride to Roadtown is about an hour. The Covid tests didn\u2019t seem to slow down BVI customs from their normal glacial pace.  A quick taxi ride and we arrived at our home away from home for February &#8211; Big Blue! Big Blue is a 35 foot Beneteau monohull.  Only 3 years old and in great shape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/zipsterstravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/8B89EC84-636D-4B6F-93FC-0056EA5DD651-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-497\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zipsterstravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/8B89EC84-636D-4B6F-93FC-0056EA5DD651-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/zipsterstravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/8B89EC84-636D-4B6F-93FC-0056EA5DD651-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/zipsterstravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/8B89EC84-636D-4B6F-93FC-0056EA5DD651-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/zipsterstravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/8B89EC84-636D-4B6F-93FC-0056EA5DD651-1200x900.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption>Ready and waiting<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After a bit of unloading we headed out to our first provisioning stop &#8211; Rite Way. Water,  paper towels, milk, coffee, \u2026 a long list.  And Pussers rum! By the time we got back it was 9pm, so some charcuterie and cocktails was all we needed &#8211; no cooking tonight. Tomorrow morning, another provisioning run and off to our first destination, Cooper Island.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The alarm went off at 4:30. Always good to start a trip in total darkness. A quick Uber to Logan and we were on our way. Melanie got us moved to the exit row &#8211; a nice score. First stop, St Thomas. Just long enough for a quick lunch and then off on the ferry &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/zipsterstravel.com\/?p=493\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Adventure Begins!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paKeQ3-7X","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zipsterstravel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zipsterstravel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zipsterstravel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zipsterstravel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zipsterstravel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=493"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/zipsterstravel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":526,"href":"https:\/\/zipsterstravel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493\/revisions\/526"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zipsterstravel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zipsterstravel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zipsterstravel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}