After picking her up at the airport, we stopped for a snack & to watch the cruise ships leave for their next ports. The local newspaper publishes information on the ships that are going to be in port each day, including their capacities and arrival & departure times. Well, either the published times are on "ship time" rather than local time, or both of these ships left late, because we got tired of waiting! So, we just took a couple of pictures and headed home.
We managed to go to different beaches each of the 4 full days Parker was here. On Thanksgiving Day, we just walked down to the beach nearest to our condo, since we were having a traditional dinner and had to have time to roast the turkey.
On Friday, we took the ferry to St. John (sorry, John, still no swimming deer), planning to go to Hull Bay. The parking lot was completely full, however, so we drove a little further along the coast road to the next beach, at Cinnamon Bay. We weren't disappointed at all!
On Saturday, we went to Lindquist Beach, which had been so empty when the Deans & I went there on a Tuesday. When we arrived mid-morning a few people were already there and more arrived as the day went on, so we felt completely comfortable.
We hadn't been at Lindquist long when Parker & Bob noticed a young woman in a wedding dress posing for a photographer. We (of course) watched, then noticed an older man wearing a tie and asked each other if he might be a minister. Apparently, he was, as he soon donned a robe and joined the bride and a young man at the edge of the sand. I zoomed in, because I definitely didn't want to intrude:
Finally, on Sunday we went to another "new to us" beach at Sapphire Bay. And, again, we found a place we sure won't mind going back to:
Sapphire did have an unusual feature: ducks! And while they aren't necessarily tame, they aren't shy around people, either:
No, we didn't spend ALL our time on the beaches! We shopped some (no sales tax in St. Thomas!), went to an arts & crafts festival, watched basketball at Paradise Jam, and just spent time relaxing together. We also watched the sunset one evening at the nearby Secret Harbor:
Needless to say, the weekend flew by and we all had a wonderful time!
And I know decorations like the one below are everywhere, but I just think they really look out of place down here!
Great pics! And I AM still waiting to see some pics of the swimming deer, lol.
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