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Day on St. John

This week Ty and I had a day off together so we planned a hiking day on St. John. We woke up to a beautiful day and hopped on the ferry over to the wonderful island.

Once we got there we decided to have some lunch and got sandwiches. My veggie burger with garlic aioli was super delicious! Then time to figure out how we were going to get into the National Park.

We tried to hitch (cause thats legal here), but our luck was seriously dry... So we had to bite the bullet and take a taxi to cinnamon bay where the trail that we wanted to hike was. It was a whopping 7 dollars for the both of us!  But it got us right where we needed to go.

The hike started going straight and me being in great shape, not, I was huffing and puffing not knowing if I could make it a whole mile up this trail. But it leveled out and started switching back. Our first stop was off the main trail a bit to see some of the plantation ruins and some excellent views of the beaches below us then we continued up.

We walked up for a mile to the road that goes through the center of the island, then turned around and went down. It was a nice trail with some pretty views. Our plan beginning the day was to rent some paddle boards when we got back to the beach but we were both pretty tired from the hike that we just relaxed. I went for a dip in the ocean while Ty built a pretty schweet sand castle. Then the sun started setting and we made our way back to Cruz Bay.

There Ty bought some cool running shoes. We will see if we actually ever use them to go running together...

Then Mexican for dinner! there is no mexican on this island so when we say a Mexican restraint, we both jumped on the opportunity to have some nachos!

After dinner, we reluctantly boarded the ferry back to St. Thomas.  St. John felt like a bit of paradise for the day but back to the grind at work.

In a week my very good friend Jake will be joining me on St. Thomas and Ive taken off of work a few days to adventure with him and I can't wait!! Jake and I did some traveling together last fall and it was a blast, we are going to have a good time in the caribbean!

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