Happy Arrrr!

Yes, that is pirate talk for Happy Hour!

So what is the first letter in a pirates alphabet?     RRRRRRRRR!      HaHaHa

Yesterday we arrived in Leverick Bay on Virgin Gorda, BVI’s after checking into customs in Spanish Town first.  We were happy to pay the $21.00 to clear in as we were expecting it to be over $100 USD but were told only the Charter Boats must buy the “Cruising Permit”…Yippee!

Leverick Bay is home to about 36 moorings available for $25.00.  For that you get to use the mooring, a free bag of ice, free water fill up and free internet (slow but free).

To our surprise, it was Michael Beans night at Jumbies Bar on the beach at Leverick Bay.  So for Happy Arrrr (which is 5-7pm) we went up to see what this famous local pirate was all about. We purchased some Pain-Killer drinks at the 2 for 1 happy hour price and waited for the show to start.  Beans is a one-man-band that plays the harmonica, the guitar, and foot stomps on an old wooden box then later adds an accordian!    Each table had a “shaker” made from old water bottles loaded with popcorn kernels.  I was the chosen percussionist for our table .  Later in the show there was a conch blowing contest.  Of course our Cap’t John went to compete and tied for first but then lost in the second round…good effort though at 54 seconds of blowing a conch shell. 

His show ends with this “It doesn’t matter how old you are or how young you are, how thin you are or how fat you are, how smart you are, how poor or rich you are, what color skin you have…God Loves Ya No Matter Who You Arrrrr” and then the crowd cheers with an “ARRRRRR”!