Virgin Islands

Pictures are backwards....so you are just going to have to figure it out! Enjoy!

Jon and I and Barbara, one of the American teachers that we teach with, headed to the Virgin Islands for Spring Break 2009. It was a vacation to remember! We arrived on a ferry in St. Thomas on Saturday. From there we got on another ferry and rode it to St. Johns. Cinnamon Bay was our destination were we had our camping site reserved for the next 6 days. We were amazed at the ocean. Sadly, we don’t have that color off the beaches in Puerto Rico. The blue was amazing. Really amazing. Visibility had to be over 100 feet.

Sunday morning was Easter and we had a small service outside by the beach. A young boy was in charge from “Missionaries in the National Parks” program. It was very nice. He had his guitar and everyone appreciated it I think.

For the rest of the week we hiked around the island, went snorkeling nearly every day, enjoyed playing cards and lounging in our hammocks at camp, playing the guitar on the beach, and well… finishing more than a couple of books in the sun. It was a success to say the least.
Instead of staying the 7th night camping as well, Jon and I took the ferry back to St. Thomas and stayed at the Frenchman’s Reef Marriot Resort. It was a great time and such a treat after a week of sleeping in a tent. We had wonderful food, a king size bed, our own bath robes, great live music on the beach, and cable TV! It was so much fun!

We made it back on the ferry to Puerto Rico on Saturday and were back in Fajardo by 6:30pm. Unluckily, when we got to our parked car – our front grill of our car had been broken off and the battery stolen out from under our hood. So, that wasn’t a very nice homecoming surprise. We luckily got a ride from a boy to the nearest Pep Boys, and bought a new battery. Luckily, that was the only thing that they had decided to steal from the car. So, all ended up okay in the end even though there were some tense moments there for a bit!