Monday morning... in our Jeep, ready to check out the island and go snorkeling.

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trunkbeach.JPG (11734 bytes) This is Trunk Bay, a national park preservatory.  We snorkeled around the outskirt of the small island in the center right.  The water is crystal clear and there are "trail markers" on the bottom which tell about the different types of fish and coral.  We saw many beautiful tropical fish, live rock, and fan coral.

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Jennifer's soaking up the sun on the Trunk Bay beach.

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stthomas_ferry.JPG (11562 bytes) We took the ferry from St. John to St. Thomas this morning and this is the view of St. Thomas.

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The inside of the Hard Rock Cafe in St. Thomas.  The food was good and it was air conditioned!

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m_j_hardrock1.JPG (15252 bytes) Me & Jennifer at lunch in the Hard Rock Cafe in St. Thomas.

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View of downtown Charlotte Amalie in St. Thomas. The cruise ships dock here and there is street after street of shopping!

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hawk_drive.JPG (24517 bytes) The entryway to our villa.  Through the archway is the deck and pool.

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The view from our balcony.

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trop_flowers.JPG (14484 bytes) My parents sent us this tropical arrangement today.   Isn't it cool!

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This is our kitchen area where I do all the updates.

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rental_boat1.JPG (18962 bytes) On Wednesday morning we rented a boat and went over to Tortola in the British Virgin Islands, then went snorkeling at Norman Island caves (pictured below), then around the southeast side of St. John to complete a trip all the way around the island.

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We went with Charlie West, his fiancee' Carmen.  You can see Jennifer up front behind the windshield.

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caves.JPG (21458 bytes) One of the caves where we snorkeled.  The water is crystal clear to the bottom.  We saw purple tangs, parrot fish, sea urchins, butterfly fish and all types of coral.

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