Here are some of my iPhone photos from our trip. I'll post photos from my bigger camera soon, but fair warning, there's a pretty repetitive theme: Caribbean island vacations are dreamy and we had a great time.
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| Early morning flight through the sunrise, heading south. |
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| St. Croix airport: tropical breezes, sunshine, heat. Waiting for our rental Jeep. |
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| Drive on the left side of the road and look out for wandering horses. |
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| Horses everywhere! |
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| Our cottage at the Pyramid Point. We were the only guests on the whole property for most of our stay, which was great but also a little spooky at night for city/suburb mice like us. |
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| View from the pool deck, a.k.a where our worries disappeared. |
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| Even the rain is a picture-taking occasion. Come on. |
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| We took so many pictures, you guys. |
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View from the Mermaid, a beach-side restaurant at the Buccaneer Hotel.
We ate here after an epic 6 hour hike, during which we both thought we
were going to die (not metaphorically) at various points. More on that later.
Needless to say, what a sight for sore eyes. |
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| I told Scott I didn't want to golf. I was wrong. |
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| Our caddy on the 9th hole. He didn't budge. |
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| I took 18-20 photos of Scott cartwheeling into the pool. |
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| Sunrise from Pyramid Point. Also just 1 of 40 photos I took of a single view. |
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| The Tamarind Hotel, a short walk from our cottage. |
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We went on a Sea Thru Kayak tour in Salt River National Park where there is a bioluminescent bay!!
We paddled once it got dark, and it was magic.
Bright stars above and streaming dinoflagellates below. |
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| This little one-eyed cat got a bite of fish taco, as requested. |
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| Thanksgiving Day: Point Udall, the eastern-most point in the US. |
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I just learned this from Wikipedia: Point Udall is the name of both the eastern-most and western-most (Guam) points in the U.S, so that "America's day would begin and end at a Point Udall."
No small honor for Mr. Udall, right? |
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| Someone's dream home, I presume. |
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Rainbow Beach, also on Thanksgiving Day.
Just to counter some of this incredible scenery, there was almost no food to be
found on the island because of the holiday.
Hungry bellies but full eyes at this point in the day. |
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| Roadside scene in the rain forest on one of our mid-island driving explorations. |
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| The pyramid rooftops of Pyramid Point. |
More to come in the next post!
