There's This One Particular Harbor . . . .

One of Terry's favorite songs right now is a Jimmy Buffet tune. He plays it over and over and says it's his "happy song".  The chorus in part goes like this:  

But there's this one particular harbour

So far but yet so near

Where I see the days as they fade away

And finally disappear

We are always joking about where our "one particular harbour" is. Jimmy Buffet found his "particular harbour" in Cook's Bay on the island of Moorea in Tahiti. We may have found ours (at least so far, but we'll keep searching a bit longer) on Culebrita, PR. Culebrita is a small deserted island east of Culebra about 20 miles from St. John. Tortuga Beach is located on the north side of Culebrita, is almost deserted this time of year and was a picturesque spot for five days of sun and sand and lots of relaxation.  Here's a few pictures from the trip. And yes, we were singing the song all week. :) 

View from the Culebrita Lighthouse.  Yep, that's our little boat in the bay to the left.   

The Culebrita lighthouse was built by the Spanish Crown and completed in 1886.  They built the lighthouse to secure claim of Culebra.  The lighthouse itself was closed in 1975 and little has been done to preserve this lovely landmark.  I would just love to know more about the people who lived in this lighthouse over the years.  Terry said he would have made a great lighthouse keeper.  No people. And he would have been able to sustain himself from the island itself.  Goats, crabs, fish and lobster.  :)

 

Here is Culebrita Lighthouse back in it's heyday.  

Terry shimmied up a coconut palm and got us some coconuts.  Ah, rum and fresh coconut water can't be beat.  

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We also spent a couple days in Dewey on Culebra.  We checked out town which was pretty much shut down (it is slow season in the Caribbean, thus not alot of tourists) but stayed so we could to go meeting on Sunday.  More pictures of that to come.  

"There's this one particular harbour . . . ."