We intially planned to rent a different villa this time around to experience something new. However, our 4 main requirements were the entire house has AC (Husband is adamant on this one), at least 2 bedrooms open to the house interior due to Toddler, a pool and it's close to Cruz Bay. That pretty mu...

Yeah, Maho made for a great relaxing day for us all. It's also handy that you're just a few feet from your car.

Rebecca in No. VA

Not sure why it got cut off the first time, sorry!

Rebecca in No. VA

Toddler migrated to 6:30 when he got home, which was still 1/2 to 1 hour earlier than before! Better than 5:30 though...

Wish I could take credit for the photos but they are both Grandma's. The clouds are cool, huh?

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Toddler was up at 5:40 this morning, but Grandma got up with him and we got to sleep in until a whopping 7 am! It was our last full day in St. John and we decided to head back to Hawksnest to get in some more fun snorkeling. We weren't the first ones there for once when we arrived about 8:40. It wa...

St. John Trip Report Day 6: Thurs. June 5 Toddler was up at 5:40 this morning. We had tentatively planned to go over to Salt Pond today so Grandma could see some turtles (they are her favorite animals). But she wasn't too into the snorkeling and we had seen a lot of the same type of thing at Waterl...

Those critters look familiar! Thanks for the (mental) re-visit to Idyllic. It really is a shame the villa cat wasn't there, although then maybe we wouldn't have seen the iguanas. Looking forward to the rest...

Rebecca in No. VA

Parking at Pastory was no problem at all, once we figured out how to find the lot. You kind of had to snake around the building. You know St. John, it's hard to figure out if you're driving by an abandoned building or a thriving business, they sometimes look a lot alike. Yes, we didn't make that car...

St. John Trip Report Day 5: Wed. June 4 (I'm pretty sure my one-half numeral was screwing up the Web posting magic. Here goes...) Toddler is up at 5:30 again and we are to Maho Bay by 8. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/80956522@N00/2726674479/" title="IMG_2656 by Rebecca Johnso...

We may take you up on that babysitting offer!

Rebecca in No. VA

If you plan to snorkel a lot, bring some shorts/swim trunks that cover the backs of your thighs to avoid sunburn. And if you're bringing an iPod, bring an FM transmitter. Those were the two lessons we learned on our first trip.

Have fun!
Rebecca in No. VA

St. John Trip Report Day 4: Tues. June 3 Up at 5:40 with the toddler, sigh. We head to Cinnamon Bay this morning, arriving by 8:10. We are glad that Toddler continues to be very excited to go to the beach every day, it makes it fun for all of us. It's a beautiful sunny day and as usual, we're the f...

My husband saw some sort of shark that was black on top, definitely not a nurse shark, when we snorkeled Waterlemon in June. It scared the pants off him. I missed it, even though I was close by!

Rebecca in No. VA

St. John Trip Report Day 3: Mon. June 2 The Toddler was up at 5:30 am again so we got an early start, arriving at Hawksnest about 8:30. The only other people on the beach were doing a photo shoot, which was kind of fun to watch. Later some single guys hit on the model and got shot down, which was e...

We were glad to get the direct flight from Dulles, although I usually try to avoid traveling on Saturday with the rest of the crowd. They didn't have a direct flight back, but our quick stop in Puerto Rico was no big deal. The toddler, who is obsessed with airplanes and flying and loves to land and ...