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| Gate to Shoy's beach. |
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| Path towards the cottage coming in from the beach, and hermit crab highway. |
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| Exploring Christiansted our first evening. |
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| As good a boat name as any. |
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| Boardwalk shadow. |
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| Bleary-eyed travelers, Christiansted harbor. |
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| Cottage interior. Just right for sea breezes. |
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Sandy Point, or as Scott and I kept whispering, "ZIHUATANEJO" - the
beach where the last scene of the Shawshank Redemption was filmed. This was the
first beach we visited, and the best. We felt like Andy and Red, freshly escaped/freed from prison.
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| This place. Holy smokes. SO PRETTY. |
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| THESE COLORS. |
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Cruise ship docked in Fredricksted, lucky for us since most of the town
is closed otherwise. |
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| Scott loves canons. |
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| Lunch stop. |
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| More Fredricksted; a good tree. |
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| Flowering explosion |
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| There's some pretty ancient-looking architecture on St. Croix. |
   
Pyramid Point sunset.
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| A sweeping vista spotted early in our fateful tidal pools hike. We were lost at this point, but didn't know it. |
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| 2 or 3 hours later and there was no longer any doubt: we were lost. In the forest. But what a cool tree! |
Survival tip: do not follow me into the wilderness.
We eventually followed a stream to the shore with no tidal pools in sight, so we decided to retrace our steps.
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   Just our luck, it started to pour. On our way back we found an old mill - so neat! And scary. We didn't see this on our way here.    We eventually made it back to our car and promptly found the real trail. WE FOUND IT! Five hours later: the beach with the tidal pools. |
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| WORTH IT. |
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| Mountain goat. |
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| Tidal pools sculpture. |
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| Pyramid Point sunrise. |
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| Morning haze. |
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| Sun shining through the main house dining room. |
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| Cats; Tamarind Hotel. |
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| Captain Carl on our snorkeling trip to Buck Island. |
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| Scott asked to take his picture, and he pulled out his conch shell horn. What a good sport. |
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| Afternoon rain. |
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| Driving exploration around the island. |
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| Point Udall. |
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| Shining sea. |
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| Rainbow beach, Thanksgiving Day. |
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| More roadside horses. |
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| Road so close to the water! |
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There were a couple kayaks for us to use at Pyramid Point. We took a
double to the little nearby island preserve, Green Cay one afternoon.
Scott also paddled around solo.
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| Lunch view at Cane Bay. Tourist photo op on horseback. |
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| Free rangers all over the place. Scott tried to catch one. |
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| More Christiansted. |
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| Big fish swimming around the boardwalk. |
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| Caribbean Christmas time. |
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| See the plane? We watched a few land on the water - neat! |
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| Last night in Christiansted. Thanks for a good vacation, St. Croix! |
