Day trip to St. John's! We drove our rental onto the 7:00am barge for a 30-minute ride, and spent the day driving around, seeing as much as possible. St. John's is another one of the three major US Virgin Islands (the other is St. Croix). About 2/3 of St. John's is a national park. So there are few places to stay and where you can stay is quite expensive. So most people do like us, staying on St. Thomas, and taking day trips over.
St. John's must be one of our country's most beautiful national parks, hands down. The beaches are pristine. They're large, with fine sand, soft waves, and views of the surrounding mountainous islands and yachts passing through. A few of them have made the Top 10 Beaches in the World lists. We found a place to rent snorkeling gear for $5 and went out to one of the furthest bays, where we knew there was coral, and figured there would be fewer people. It was my first time snorkeling. What a view of a whole different world right beneath us! We saw lots of colorful fish. Curt went out further and saw a sting ray 20 feet away! I heard others saying they saw sea turtles. While the couple who's camp was next to ours was out snorkeling, a mongoose came and stole their lunch out of their bag. Mongooses (or is it mongeese?) are not so good at cleaning up after themselves... he left little plastic baggies were left everywhere. :) The couple laughed though.
We took a scenic drive out to the east end of the island and back, stopping for some local pineapple tart. Just made it onto the 4:00 return barge, found pizza, and recluded to the condo for the evening.
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