The last weekend of January we had a very early morning wedding in St. John - we went over the day before and spent the night while the girls stayed on St. Thomas with a babysitter (yea! a night alone!) and then the sitter brought them over to St John for us the next day so we could have a fun family day/night in St. John. We waited until the last minute to book a room which meant the only room available that was not $500 for the night was at the eco resort, Concordia. Concordia is about 40 minutes from Cruz Bay. When you live on small island, 40 minutes in the car is what we consider a road trip. Anything longer than 20 minutes is REALLY FAR AWAY. We had to make a stop at the sugar mill ruins to get out and stretch our legs.
There were lots of places to run around, hide, jump out and scare each other...
I'm getting my color fixed soon. Red does not suit me (or what I had asked for!).
This photo is so funny - don't they look like they hear a sasquatch?
I love St. John. Wild asses all over that island.
The eco resort was very cool - a LOT of stairs though.
There was a 15 minute hiking path down to the beach.
This was not the beach. But the salt pond on the way to the beach.
No one had on proper shoes for the hike.
We made it to the beach but no one wanted to stay. That's what you get when the beach has been less than 5 minutes away your entire life. You hike for 15 minutes, get there and say, well...we made it, let's go back. Other than Maya being scared in the woods and wanting us the carry her the entire time, it was a lot of fun.
The next morning, I went to unplug my computer and almost pinched this little guy.
I had Maya catch and release him for me. Walking in the woods during the day with your entire family = scary. Lizards hiding in shadows = opportunity for bravery.
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