I still had some photography to do to make sure I got the entire place so I set about doing that.
The hot tub is fantastic, with a great view day or night, ocean breezes. It’s even great in the rain (as long as it’s not a thunderstorm!)
If you are sitting in the hot tub without a ocean view you get to see a fantastic mountain view so you really can’t lose.
Roosters Do Crow!
The Secret Painting
Above each window fish frame the view.
And what tropical beach vacation would be complete without colorful clothes drying in the breeze!
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The Kayak Adventure
Our big adventure for the day was to go kayaking and snorkeling. We got the snorkel gear the day before but went down to Crabby’s to get the two-person kayak around 10am.
Crabby
Tulsa Tough For Sure!
Happy to Find Land!
No Skinny Dipping Near These!
I didn’t catch it with my camera but later I drew one thing I did see. Aquatic mammals are amazing.
We set out later that afternoon for our paddle back around the point and into Coral Bay. Since we knew the wind would carry us for the second half we were looking forward to a faster and easier time of it. Little did we know that the wind wasn’t pushing into the Bay but was pushing us into the rocks! We had to paddle twice as hard to crab into the wind to avoid getting too close.
Linda’s years of personal training, Yoga and Pilates paid off big time. She was rock solid in paddling the whole time. I did my part as well in spite of having a nice snorkeling sunburn and we made it back without crashing into the rocks.
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Relaxing and Shopping
I was pretty zonked from the kayaking but luckily Crabby’s Kayak Shack is right next to the Aqua Bistro, where we were able to have a drink and a very needed lunch. I had just enough energy to draw this scene.
The bartender told us about how he and his wife had left a stressful life in Pennsylvania and now lived on their sailboat, traveling the Caribbean and just taking it easy. His wife was visiting him at the bar while we talked. I noticed she had 2 identical tattoos of Holly leaves on her chest, coming up from under her strapless top. Why those I asked? Well, her name is…Holly. What more reason do you need, right? And yes I was tempted to ask if there was a whole Holly Wreath around her chest to her back. And no I didn’t ask.
We had gone in this cool shop earlier in the week but returned because Linda had found some awesome items for Christmas presents (shhh….don’t tell). Turns out the couple, Anna from Colombia and Sebastian from France, had moved to St. John from Miami 6 months ago and had just bought the store 1 week before. It was fun to help them get off the ground by buying some of their cool stuff. Our friend Tracey (who you met in adventure #4) had some nice leather items in the store as well.
Anna and Sebastian
Ital means a natural state of being, nothing artificial or processed. It refers to food but also to a way of life.
Ital’s Gourd
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Wow!! The people you meet!! lol There is never a stranger to you is there!??! Proud of you and Linda going kayaking!! I am going to keep doing my yoga and pilates knowing it will pay off when i needed it to!! lol I always love looking at coral and seeing how different each piece is, beautiful masterpieces 🙂
Thanks Courtney. It’s true, all the workouts she has done over the years made her able to paddle really hard for a long time. I was mightely impressed! Shells and coral are amazing, we found a lot of interesting ones on the kayak trip. And no, not many people are strangers for me. I like meeting and finding out about new people, always something of interest to learn.