The Sea Witch Stole My Voice! Our Two Week Land and Sea Adventure! COMPLETE 4/12

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

But maybe if YOU had a daughter !!!!!

Errr, nope, not happening. No kids for me. I'll be a very good aunt but I have no desire to be a mother much to Mom's disappointment.

 

[englishrose47]

Errr, nope, not happening. No kids for me. I'll be a very good aunt but I have no desire to be a mother much to Mom's disappointment.

ell we need to talk to the BrosGrimm to get this 3 generational trip going !!

 

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

ell we need to talk to the BrosGrimm to get this 3 generational trip going !!

I don't think that will be happening anytime soon, thank goodness!

 

[LOVEMY3KIDDOS]

Sorry I missed that last update Lessa!! Those photos are beautiful! The houses....must be nice to be rich!!!

 

[MAGICFOR2]

Hi Lessa! Loved your Tortola beach excursion, if I didn't post that before. Your St. Thomas pics are great! Mine are pretty similar - go figure! DH wants to retire there and run a run shop! Did you ever find out who those old abandoned houses belonged to? I like to make up stories that it was pirates for sure!

 

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

Sorry I missed that last update Lessa!! Those photos are beautiful! The houses....must be nice to be rich!!!

Yep, must be nice!

Hi Lessa! Loved your Tortola beach excursion, if I didn't post that before. Your St. Thomas pics are great! Mine are pretty similar - go figure! DH wants to retire there and run a run shop! Did you ever find out who those old abandoned houses belonged to? I like to make up stories that it was pirates for sure!

I wouldn't mind retiring there either. Our guide told us that on St Thomas rum is cheaper than milk.

Nope, no idea what the ruins are, that is the one thing the guide didn't touch on.

 

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

I have always wanted to visit the Virgin Islands ever since I saw Weekend at Bernie's II when I was a kid. My brothers and I thought that there was nothing more hilarious than the dead Bernie doing his voodoo walk around the island and under the sea. We must have watched that movie a million times growing up. So needless to say I was thrilled to finally be in the beautiful Virgin Islands where the movie was filmed.

We continued on our boat trip from St Thomas to St John with the guide telling us some history about the island and some other neat little tidbits.

This is alligator rock, it "guards" hurricane cove. According to our guide when a hurricane is predicted to hit St Thomas all the locals take their boats and dock them in this cove. The rocks, shallow water and brush in the area keep the area very well protected against the wind and violent seas of the storm.

It is called alligator rock as from a distance, well, it looks like an alligator!

One last shot of alligator rock as we sailed away.

I quite fancied this house.

A closer look

An even closer look!

This one wasn't too shabby either.

Our guide informed us that Obama had stayed at this resort on a recent vacation with his family.

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[Lifelong_Dreamer]

A "quaint" little house

The Ritz-Carlton

A hovel, what a dump! Who would want to live there?

We finally arrived at St John after a 30-40 minute boat ride.

St John is owned by the US National Park Service. It used to be owned privately by Laurence Rockefeller but back in 1956 he donated it to the Park Service stipulating that it must be protected from future development. As a result 75% of the island is a dedicated National Park, completely untarnished. There are a few resorts and vacation homes on the island and a small town but for the most part when you visit St John it is just you and nature.

Our guide was very enthusiastic in his appreciation of Rockefeller and his wonderful contribution thus preserving this natural paradise for our past, present and future enjoyment. I have to completely agree with this praise, St John is absolutely amazing and if you ever get the chance you should definitely visit. It is very easy to get to as hourly shuttles run between St Thomas and St John and there is also a shuttle that runs daily between St John and Tortola (they are only 4 miles apart).

I was super excited to be on St John and I couldn't wait to arrive at our destination, one of the top ten beaches in the world!

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[ladybugmom]

YAY!! An update!! Thanks for taking a study break to write this up!! I just LOVE St. John and your pictures bring back wonderful memories!! Can't wait to hear more!!

 

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

YAY!! An update!! Thanks for taking a study break to write this up!! I just LOVE St. John and your pictures bring back wonderful memories!! Can't wait to hear more!!

No problem! The brain can only focus on DNA replication/transcription and cell division for so long.

St John is stunning, I love that it is preserved as a natural park.

 

[LOVEMY3KIDDOS]

St John looks gorgeous! I will be happy to move into any one of those houses!! Even the "quaint little one"!!!!!!

 

[jordanyosh]

I can't wait to see the pix since I know exactly where you're going! I've been there myself....

 

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

St John looks gorgeous! I will be happy to move into any one of those houses!! Even the "quaint little one"!!!!!!

I suppose I could settle for that quaint little one as well.

I can't wait to see the pix since I know exactly where you're going! I've been there myself....

Don't you wish you could be there right now.

 

[jordanyosh]

It's the most beautiful beach I've ever seen. We were just on the driving tour so we just drove by....it sounds like you did the 3 hour on the beach...

 

[Mysteria]

Some of the bathrooms in those houses are probably bigger than my apartment!

 

[Belle_373]

Another great update!

Gotta love Weekend at Bernie's!

 

[UGAFan0829]

Wow...super update! I loved seeing all the pics of the island, especially the ones of the houses and resorts! Very cool!
I can't wait to see what the beach looks like that you went to. I bet it's beautiful!

 

[podsnel]

I LOVE St John- I'm so happy you went, Tessa!! We go every year with friends of ours and stay in a villa. We'll be there at the end of January with them again for our 4th trip! Last year was the first time we went to Trunk (although our friends had been there before)- it was incredible, sooooo ,many fish to see and sooo beautiful. STJ is a very special island, very laid back and very, very beautiful! Can't wait to see more pics!!

 

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

It's the most beautiful beach I've ever seen. We were just on the driving tour so we just drove by....it sounds like you did the 3 hour on the beach...

That we did

Some of the bathrooms in those houses are probably bigger than my apartment!

Another great update!

Gotta love Weekend at Bernie's!

I have a sudden urge to go find a copy of the movie and watch it now.

Wow...super update! I loved seeing all the pics of the island, especially the ones of the houses and resorts! Very cool!
I can't wait to see what the beach looks like that you went to. I bet it's beautiful!

Glad you liked the pictures. The houses we saw were amazing! I can only imagine how wonderful it must be to own a home on such a beautiful island right there overlooking the water.

I LOVE St John- I'm so happy you went, Tessa!! We go every year with friends of ours and stay in a villa. We'll be there at the end of January with them again for our 4th trip! Last year was the first time we went to Trunk (although our friends had been there before)- it was incredible, sooooo ,many fish to see and sooo beautiful. STJ is a very special island, very laid back and very, very beautiful! Can't wait to see more pics!!

How lucky that you get to go every year. Maybe once I finish school and am no longer a poor student I will make a trip down to the VI every year.

With the port being St Thomas, I knew that there was no other excursion option for us other than St John.

 

[DisneyJo]

Beautiful photos Lessa, pity the houses weren't up to much there as it looked a lovely place to live