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St. John, A Beautiful Adventure

My time off from work has been awesome so far! I love not working. haha.

Monday, Amber, Darren, a friend Johnny and I went on a boat adventure over to St. John. It was a small boat just a bit larger than the size of a dingy but it worked! The ride over was bumpy and rough. My butt still hurts a few days later but we got to see St. John from the water and a brown booby (bird) flew with us for awhile which was awesome. Then we found a beautiful cove with a tiny beach and pristine blue water.

We pulled the boat in and set the anchor but decided to pull in a little closer, when "well thats odd" came out of our captains mouth. I decided not to worry. Amber and I jumped into the blue water to explore. We got stung by a few things in the water so then got out and tried to track down the goats that were yelling like humans in the mangroves. At one point I was talking to one of the goats that was just out of eyesight. It was hilarious. Then we heard the sound of the engine starting so we made our way back to the boat. Slowly walking, barefoot to the water through the tangle of mangrove roots and then over rocks and critters in the shallows and finally to the dealer water. Not the way out were were able to avoid the long black spiny sea urchins which plagued us on the way in!

We hung out by the boat for a little bit with the engine running, holding onto the side and sipping some beers until it was time to adventure back. We stopped in Cruz Bay for happy hour and more beach time and because we were then surrounded by people who could help, we anchored and shut off the engine. It didn't take much for the boys to get it started again and we were back in St. Thomas in no time. A day in the sun is exhausting! I was so ready for bed that night!


Tuesday Ty and I went over to St. John for another hiking day. It was HOT! We took the bus out as far as it would take us and went on a long walk on the road to a cool beach where we ate lunch.


We were able to hitch a lot after our initial road walk which was nice. Our next trail was rough. We walked .7 miles out and back along steaming hot road with no wind. The view at the end was nice but it was damn hot. Not much to report there on that trail. But once we made it back to salt pond, we hiked Ram Head which was amazing. Spectacular views with wind and different terrain. The end of the hike was very much worth it as well. Heres Ty looking down at the ocean!


We hiked out and back the mile trail and then immediately jumped in the water! It was cool and refreshing and we got carried away in the crystal clear water that we lost track of time and ended up missing the bus which only comes every hour. So as we were sitting at the bus stop, some awesome couple on their honeymoon drove us to Coral Bay where they dropped us off at a bar. I felt like my parents at that moment. As long as Im at a bar Im ok!! Thats where we met this cool older dude who gave a ride all the way back across the island to Coral Bay!
There we had our hearts set on having dinner at this indian place but it was closed :(
But thats ok because we stumbled upon this fantastic italian place. We walked in super nasty from our hike but the service was still great, the food was delicious and we got to watch an amazing sunset, the only one that I've really seen on the islands.


It was perfect. a wonderful date night with my guy :) As we were sitting there, enjoying our meal, we were able to watch as day turned to night and a sliver of the moon poked out.




We took a night ferry back and while we were exhausted from hiking about 4 miles that day, our stomachs were happy and so were our souls! St. John is so beautiful and Ill miss that place.

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