It's been three years since we camped on St. John, so it was so great to be back for almost 4 weeks!
Can't say that after probably 20 visits, starting in 1977, much has changed. We've all gotten a little older, but the general store still runs out of staples, coffee isn't ready until around 9am, and no hot water showers. But, definitely not complaining.....CB has one of the most beautiful beaches, and bare site tent camping for $37 can't be beat.
Having time to enjoy the island....we did!! Our friends, Ray & Ann joined us for part of our stay and we loved showing them the island. Together we traveled around St.John in our rented Jeep including brunch at Miss Lucys and surviving the drive to Little Lameshur Bay for some great snorkeling.
Took walks to Maho Bay and snorkeled in search of Queen Angel fish -- success!! We hiked almost 7 miles roundtrip to Waterlemon Cay, swam and snorkeled round the island, and then a stop on the way back at Maho Camp (sadly closing for good this May) for rootbeer floats Island rootbeer and Ben&Jerrys HeathBar Crunch -- YUM!! Taxied into town, Cruz Bay, for Woody's and the BarBQ. Somehow the time went by too fast.
We also volunteered for a day with the Friends of the Virgin Islands National Park. Were given a huge lopper, some well worn gloves, and off we went to clear the trail to the old Danish ruin on the hill overlooking Waterlemon Cay. A rewarding experience except we learned to be careful of the cactus. So rewarding that we came back to picnic at the estate house that days earlier, we had helped clear from the fast growing trees and plants.
CHEERS! Already looking forward to when we can come back to Cinnamon Bay.
Can't say that after probably 20 visits, starting in 1977, much has changed. We've all gotten a little older, but the general store still runs out of staples, coffee isn't ready until around 9am, and no hot water showers. But, definitely not complaining.....CB has one of the most beautiful beaches, and bare site tent camping for $37 can't be beat.
"...in search of a Queen Angelfish ..." - Hands down my favorite Caribbean fish is the Queen Angel. I'm not sure why or if it's just a warped observation ...but it seems like there are more of these beauties showing up around St John in the last 2 or 3 years! I even saw one on the Cay off Cinnamon a few weeks ago!
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