St. John, USVI

Cinnamon Bay, St. John, USVI

May 1

We left St. Thomas after visiting the Cruise Ship stores and provisioning a little more at a great little shop called “Gourmet Gallery” where we got all our sushi supplies and our much sought after wonton wrappers (to be able to make our home-made ravioli...one of Wade’s specialty dishes.  We also stocked up on Guava juice and Chips and other hard to find items at a cheap price at K-Mart.  We had also caught up on our blog as best we could due to the intermittent wi-fi signal on the island.

Wade’s buddy boat from Georgetown to Luperon, S/V Beau Soleil, needed a belt picked up from All Point’s Marine Services in Compass Point so we stopped in there on the way to St. John.

Just a couple of hours away from St. Thomas lies Cinnamon Bay, St. John, a tranquil bay lined with white sand beaches with a view of cone shaped islands and another mooring in the distance of this large park.  A glorious, sunny day, we beached ourselves on a private beach and read and watched some windsurfers practice on the bay.  Leatherback turtles were surfacing to check out our boat.  

The island of St. John was a big surprise for Maureen, never having heard how beautiful this island is and seeing beach after beach lining it’s shores and the tall palms lining each beach.  The scattered resorts on the lush hills are very tastefully constructed and look like idyllic settings for a family holiday or romantic get-away.

We have sailed about 1000 miles (direct on the map) from Miami and we are about 2/3 of the way to Grenada, 500 more miles to go to be out of danger for Hurricane Season which can begin in June.  Someday, we will have to return to Cinnamon Bay and St. John.