We got up this morning and headed into Cruz Bay for church and parked at Slim Man’s again. We had found Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church on Saturday. It was a very pretty located in the center of Cruz Bay. It was a neat service with very good music with bongo drums.
We checked out the lower deck on the Villa as we came back from the beach. There was a game room and three more bedrooms. Fred was enjoying the hammock until Steve decided to turn him over. We made dinner from our provisions again..
We got home from our day in Cruz Bay, put away our purchases and got ready to go down to the private beach of Beach Music. As we wandered down the path to the beach, we kept hearing things falling from the trees but couldn’t figure out what it was. On our way back up to the villa we finally realized that it was the iguana. The iguana, which is not a true lizard, are vegetarians and are often found in trees. When threatened, they escape by dropping to the ground or into water. They can fall 40-50 feet to a hard surface without injuring themselves. As we explored the beach, we found lots of shells. However, we could not bring them home. Virgin Islands law prohibits the removal of corals, shells or sand from the beaches. We were warned that any shell collections could be confiscated upon departure from …
After lunch we stopped in at Captain’s Corner for some duty-free liquor to take back to the villa. They also had a nice selection of island t-shirts, souvenirs, and cigars from all over the Caribbean. We walked back to Slim Man’s parking lot and saw this Iguana walking down the sidewalk with his banana. On the way back to the Villa we stopped at The Market Place. This is a sanctuary of retail shops, galleries, and food and dining options. The Marketplace is home to Starfish Market, St. John’s largest and best grocery supermarket, St. John Hardware, Chelsea Drug Store and much more! We purchased things we might want during the week but was very careful since the prices were extremely high. It also appeared that there was two price when we got to the cash register, one for the locals and one for tourist.
We drove into town and parked at Slim Man’s parking lot. They placed the cars in the lot a strange way but it all seemed to work. As we walked around the village shops, you diffidently know that ii is time to take off your watch and slip on your flip-flops. There was no mistaking, we were on St John. The 20 minute ferry ride from St. Thomas had slowly slipped us into another time and space, The pace was carefree, the people were friendly and the natural beauty was so relaxing. Cruz Bay is the heart of St. John, aka Love City. Cruz Bay is the center of island life and activity, which is hard to tell because of the relaxed atmosphere. We wandered around the little park, where an arts and crafts fair with local art, food and souvenirs with a scratch style band playing in the gazebo. …
All of a sudden, a dark cloud came across the bay and the rain started. It was a heavy down pour but only last about 10 minutes then the sun came out. It’s had to tell in the bottom picture but there is a rainbow.
We got up late this morning, sat on the deck and enjoyed breakfast and the view of the bay. We have learned that the owners have named the villa Beach Music. There is a guest book for renters to log their memories and thoughts of their stay. The history was interesting to read and gave us many insights into the house and bay. The single boat picture is Fancy Pants, the boat that belongs to Beach Music. There are many boats anchored in the bay and during our week here not many of them were ever moved. Some of the villas on the high side were under construction and the one next to Beach Music was for sale. During the week here we did discuss buying a place but decided we really didn’t want property that far from home.
We decided it might be fun to rent a villa in St. John VI for a week with the Rotchfords. We traveled by plane, ferry and jeep to get to our home for a week. We flew into St. Thomas and boarded the Red Hook Ferry arriving at 10:00 pm at St. John, A person from the rental agency met us at the ferry with our Jeep. We took Southshore Road out-of-town, pass the Westin, made a right on Great Cruaz Bay Road. We passed Laughing Gull Lane, went over 3 speed bumps and made a left at Great Sunset. This took us from Great Cruz Bay to Chocolate Hole. The house sat directly in front of us behind 2 stone pillars marked Chocolate Hole 98. The house was yellow with peach trim. The owners, of the villa, had their white Cherokee in the driveway. After exploring the villa, we …
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