Fun night and St Thomas

Tuesday night Chris, Jenny and I all went out for nice dinner followed by drinks on the beach.  We all had a great time.  The next day it rain cats and dog the whole day so we put our jeep on a ferry and went to St Thomas to shop and see what there was to see.

We ended up not buying a thing and determined that we had made the right decision by staying on St John!  It is so much slower and more relaxed and just over all way more pleasant!  Here are some pictures from Tuesday and Wednesday.

Sunset from our Veranda

Sunset Tuesday night!

Jenny and Chris at Dinner

Chris and I at the Beach Bar

The 99 stairs up to Blackbeard's castle on St. Thomas.  (there were actually 102.. I counted)

Cruise Ships at port in St Thomas

Flag outside Backbeard's castle.. The castle was actually closed but Jenny sweet talked us in!!  We ended up with a private tour of the castle.  Way to go Jenny. 

Jenny and blackbeard.

We've been captured.

View of St Thomas from the Castle

Jenny and Chris at the Castle... Chris is a pilot and was on his way to work, that is why he is all dressed up. 

Jack Sparrow and I at the Castle. 

View of the almost full moon from the ferry on the way back to St John

VIGO!!!!

We just got the news that Vigo is graduating!!!  We have not yet learned anything about his partner but he will be graduating on the 19th in Oregon!  I am so proud the silly boy!  We are working on plans to go to graduation but they are still up in the air.

VI Day # 3

We had a great day today.  We slept in and had tee on the deck and relaxed.  Then we headed out to the beach.  We wanted to go to Trunk bay but when we rented fins to go snorkeling the lady told us that we shouldn't go there.... it is the sacrificial reef for cruise ships and there were huge surges and the beach is closed so we drove all away across the island to salt bay.  The beach was really nice and the snorkeling was nice.  We snorkeled forever and ended up over a mile out from shore.  We saw lots of cool stuff!  The swim back was pretty long though!

Can you see me waving Hi from the Jeep... The roads here are CRAZY!!!

Do I look a bit sweaty and hot... yep it's humid here!

Jenny and Chris

Coral Bay

Salt Bay.... one half of it anyways....

Tang

Ouch... don't touch the see urchins... they hurt!!!

Puffer fish

Blue Tang... it was over a foot long...

Giant Puffer Fish

Pretty Coral

School of Blue Tangs

Blue Tangs

Awesome turtle that was 2 feet in front of me. 

What a pretty turtle.... she could hold his breath for a really long time. 

St John Island VI - Day #2

Oh what a wonderful day.  I woke up today to a message that my suitcase was waiting for me at the ferry dock!  After retreiving my bag I sat on the porch and drank a cup of tee and stared dreamily at the beautiful ocean.   Eventually Jenny and I made it to brunch - fresh crab Benedict and mimosa!  After a short swim in the ocean by our condo we jumped in our cool jeep and drove out to a beach.  We went to cinnamon bay and snorkeled and soaked up some rays.   And now we are headed out for dinner!

I have a bunch of pictures from the day but my SD care reader is not working.  I'll update when I get home and I figured out the reader so moving forward I should have pictures!

Vacation - Day # 1

I left Colorado at one in the morning last night and finally arrived in St John US Virgin Island.  I flew from Denver to Charlotte and then on to Miami where I met up with my friend Jenny for about 30 seconds before she boarded her flight and I had to wait for mine.   When I finally arrived in St Thomas my bag was still somewhere back in the states.  Because I had to make a claim on my bag I missed the ferry that my friend Jenny was waiting for.  Thankfully she was able to check in and get our jeep without me and I was able to make it eventually to the island on a later ferry.

Our condo is amazing!!!!  My friend Melissa found it and arranged it but then had a knee injury and couldn't come.  We have the penthouse with two amazing balconies and a Verni (sp)..  That it a balcony with a bar, sofa, table, TV, etc... It is amazing!!  All of the balconies overlook the marina.  The rest of the place is beautiful!  I'll take some pictures tomorrow and post them.

I sat and ate a salad while waiting for the ferry and starred up at the trees. 

Self photo... My first vacation drink... it's called a pain killer... rum and other yummy stuff with nutmeg. 

On the ferry... That is St John in the distant. 

Self portrait #2 on the ferry... Yeah... I've FINALLY made it!

View from one of our balcony. 

Where is Matthew?

After a long night of tears and screaming from teething molars And ear infections i couldn't get matthew to wake up. I'm not sure how he was breathing in there.

Halloween!!

Matthew has a bad cold and is teething molars so we decided not to take him out trick-or-treating this year. We figured he wouldn't really understand it and would have plenty of other years to go.  As it turned out, he had a blast passing out candy to all the kids that came.  He loved dropping the candy into their bags!

My nice camera broke today so I apologize for the quality of pictures.  New camera is on its way!! Yippee!!

My little dragon playing with his airplane.

I was trying to take some nice shots but my camera was not cooperating. 

"hmm... I think I'll shove it back in here..."

"Mommy can I help you pass out candy?"

Petunia helped pass out candy too!

Candy guard dog!

Matthew was so sweet... he would grab a piece of candy and put it in everyone's bag.  It was so sweet that it almost made me cry. 

Petunia quickly got board with the whole thing. 

"Ugh!!! How much longer to have to be dressed like a silly bee?"

Help!!! were being attacked by a dragon and giant killer bee!

Mmmmm... Pizza from Costco with hamburger that mom added.... Yummy!

Miss Bee

Petunia went with Alex and I to a Halloween party.  She was suppose to be a pumpkin or a grape but she wouldn't keep those costumes on.  So I had to resort to Vigo's old costume.  She wore it well. 

Petunia getting ready for the party. 

after we got her all dress she went and sat in the corner.  Poor puppy. 

At the party.... I think Petunia was possessed. 

Poor Petunia

The other day my Mom and I took Matthew and Petunia to Cool Beans Play house.  I think the kids loved Petunia more than any of the other toys.  She was so well behaved!!  I was really proud of her!

This little kid was so cute.  He kept kissing Petunia on the head.

"Don't worry... I'm being good I promise!"

Porr little petunia!!!

"Phew!  Being a Guide Dog Puppy is hard work!"