Volume 1 – September 2018

Thursday, September  13, 2018
First Leg – Jackson, WY to Los Angeles, CA

Well, we finally made it to St. Thomas. We have been here for just a little over a week, and a lot has already happened.

Our adventure begins with our departure. We took a flight from Jackson to Los Angeles and stayed in a hotel near the airport.  Got in SUPER late. It was about 1 am by the time our heads hit the pillows . We slept in till about 9am. Ate breakfast, spent the first half of the day in sunny CA by the hotel pool. Then back to room to finish school & work. Took an awesome UBER ride to a great dinner at The Cheesecake Factory with an incredible harbor view. Had no idea CCF had so many food options. YES, we had cheesecake too.

 

Around 2pm on Saturday, September 15th we made it to Lima’s Villa, our Airbnb that we had reserved for our first month of our stay. Our flight from Miami to St. Thomas was filled with a group of rambunctious ladies ready for their vacation to start.  We were welcomed into the St. Thomas airport with festivities of steel drums and Cruzan rum tastings.

 

After securing our car rental, getting settled in, grabbing a few groceries (which BTW are extremely limited), etc… We were definitely due for some beach action. Enjoyed an afternoon at Magens Bay Beach on the northside of the island. The water is absolutely gorgeous and we had a fun time relaxing and searching for seashells. Our day of course concluded with a lesson in bugs. No See Ums are no joke ums this time of year.

We spent the next week mostly working and school. Sorry we don’t have pictures of us sitting around the table all together while working. It is definitely a new way of doing things for us and boy are we starting to feel closer together than we have before.  Swim breaks between classes is awesome and helps from getting dragged down by our responsibilities. Xander and Harley had remote MAP testing for school that week so we made sure to stay focused and on task.  The plans for the weekend were well worth the wait and hard work.

St. John’s here we come!

We made sure to get out of the villa early on Saturday morning so that we could enjoy a full day of exploring. Most of St. John is national park and there are plenty of trails. We plan to wait until the somewhat cooler months begin before any long day hikes.  After we ferried from St. Thomas to St. John we walked the Lind Point Trail to Honeymoon Beach. Along the way we discovered several hermit crabs. We were greeted to Honeymoon by a wonderful staff. We were one of the first ones there for the day so it was a really nice, cool, quiet start to the day. At Honeymoon you can get an all day inclusive rental for snorkeling gear, SUPs and kyaks plus chairs. We started with snorkeling and ended staying with snorkeling. The boys loved it! We found turtles, angel fish, brain coral and more. We really didn’t get any photos while snorkeling, but we will be sure to next time. Here are some photos from our ferry ride and the fruits of all our labor at the end of the day…Dinner at Longboard.