Honeymoon and After...

 

St. John, surf, sand... sunscreen.

 

dasboot.jpg (84293 bytes) The dock at Caneel Bay, and one of the ferry boats. caneelbay3.jpg (62139 bytes) Our first view of the resort.  Our room is in about the center of the picture.
breakfastview1.jpg (90306 bytes)  Our view at breakfast each morning!  Open air, baby. breakfastview2.jpg (95642 bytes) Ryan showing off the great fruit we ate each morning.  Figs from the island...yum.
breakfastview3.jpg (90901 bytes) A view of the breezeway, where breakfast and afternoon tea are served. breezeway1.jpg (97601 bytes) Above the breezeway, overlooking Caneel Bay.
coconutsv2.jpg (87041 bytes) Coconuts!  The trees aren't native and Rockefeller insured them so each time they are destroyed by a hurricane, new ones are shipped within weeks. equator1.jpg (89739 bytes) The Equator Restaurant, one of three on the resort.  Open-air (translate as mosquito-filled) and built over the ruins of a sugar mill.
roomview1.jpg (98285 bytes) View from our room. roomview2.jpg (94363 bytes) Another view from our room.  We got up every morning and went swimming...
caneelbay1.jpg (80347 bytes) The little cove that our room sat on. beachview1.jpg (88186 bytes) Fun water sports stuff.  We went sea kayaking one day. 
caneelbay2.jpg (58880 bytes) View from hill overlooking the resort. ryan2.jpg (96570 bytes) Ryan looking sooo adorable!
bird1.jpg (94207 bytes) This gray bird with green legs usually hung out in the surf, catching little fish.  He abandoned in when he found puddles in the lawns filled with tadpoles.  The egret joined him in the hunt! lizard.jpg (45323 bytes) One of the many scary!!! lizards around the island.  (This one was about 3 inches long...)
bird2.jpg (91862 bytes) hibiscus1.jpg (55298 bytes) Hibiscus.
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sunset1.jpg (76319 bytes) Another fabulous sunset nightvision.jpg (85746 bytes) Testing out the night vision feature.
ryan3.jpg (65393 bytes) Sea grapes.  Edible but a tad bitter. ryan4.jpg (54355 bytes) The resort's dock
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erika4.jpg (45023 bytes)   DSC00062.JPG (93910 bytes) Our last breakfast...
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DSC00061.JPG (83728 bytes)Ruins on the resort grounds, we had a romantic private dinner here our last night.

 

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DSC00040.JPG (91993 bytes) Ruins of a sugar mill, one of many on the island. DSC00063.JPG (96081 bytes)  
DSC00060.JPG (95148 bytes) Whoa, Ryan on a tough hike. DSC00055.JPG (90843 bytes) Yes, it is still 2.1 miles uphill.
DSC00059.JPG (89030 bytes)   DSC00054.JPG (86632 bytes) Deep in the forest
DSC00043.JPG (89931 bytes) The petroglyph pools DSC00039.JPG (92953 bytes)  
DSC00038.JPG (96642 bytes) There were spiders EVERYWHERE... DSC00051.JPG (96125 bytes) Petroglyphs...
DSC00044.JPG (90119 bytes) Here too. DSC00052.JPG (93431 bytes) Look like little green men to us...
DSC00053.JPG (87085 bytes) The wild Wandering Jew...a favorite of the seventies... DSC00049.JPG (95005 bytes)  
DSC00042.JPG (91773 bytes) Some strange fruit.    
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