42 cars parked at Waterlemon !!!

Pia · Post by **Pia** » Mon Feb 20, 2012 1:05 pm

So, I just returned home from a very late walk of the puppies along the road to Annaberg/Waterlemon - 42 cars parked along the street and in the parking lot !!!!

Me thinks Waterlemon needs to be added to the list of "beaches that shall not be named" in trip reports (and certainly any beach that you find almost deserted) because once the word is out it's out and there will be no going back to the quiet that you once knew.

It was crazy - not to mention the 5 taxi's full of visitors that showed up as I was leaving

Pia

FinsUp · Post by **FinsUp** » Mon Feb 20, 2012 1:14 pm

Yikes!! Peace and quiet no more!!

surfnh · Post by **surfnh** » Mon Feb 20, 2012 1:14 pm

Water who?

surfnh · Post by **surfnh** » Mon Feb 20, 2012 1:19 pm

By the way, vacation week in MA, CT, and NY this week, correct?

mit43 · Post by **mit43** » Mon Feb 20, 2012 1:21 pm

Wow! The days are gone when my wife and I were the only ones on the beach till noon!

Can you still drive a Jeep down to the little bridge and park?

Pia · Post by **Pia** » Mon Feb 20, 2012 1:40 pm

Yes Presidents Day "week" is probably the busiest on St John. Yes you can still drive there but it is quite narrow (narrower than before) in places so I didn't count the cars that might have been there

Pia

mit43 · Post by **mit43** » Mon Feb 20, 2012 1:46 pm

I think our first trip down, You, Les and your girls were the only other "people" we saw the entire day down there....

liamsaunt · Post by **liamsaunt** » Mon Feb 20, 2012 1:56 pm

Waterlemon is written about in all the travel guides and tourist literature as having the best snorkeling on St. John. I am not surprised that it was that crowded during such a busy week. There were over 30 cars there when John and I visited last week. In addition to all of the marked spaces being full, people had created a double row of cars in the middle of the parking lot, and were lined up on both sides of the road for quite a ways. Some of those people could have been at Anneberg, I guess. We snorkeled in a location where there were not any other people, but could see the beach and the cay and both were crowded.

Just another reason why I prefer the summer trips to the winter ones.

Teresa_Rae · Post by **Teresa_Rae** » Mon Feb 20, 2012 3:23 pm

That is insane!!!

Seriously, if I see more than about 5-8 cars I groan.

Pia · Post by **Pia** » Mon Feb 20, 2012 3:29 pm

Yes the "double center row" was there again today - good job I was not in the truck or there would have been no way I could have reversed out of a spot (it has happened in the past

)

Pia

conchman · Post by **conchman** » Mon Feb 20, 2012 3:41 pm

So when people ask..send them to "Watermelon"

Exit Zero · Post by **Exit Zero** » Mon Feb 20, 2012 5:34 pm

However with all those people walking back from the beach and picking up even just one piece of litter the path must be looking practically spotless.

augie · Post by **augie** » Mon Feb 20, 2012 6:04 pm

Exit Zero wrote:However with all those people walking back from the beach and picking up even just one piece of litter the path must be looking practically spotless.

Yeah, between all of those thoughtful people and the trash eating unicorns that live on the Johnny Horn trail, I'm sure it will win the Sierra Club trail of the month award!

Pia · Post by **Pia** » Mon Feb 20, 2012 6:54 pm

Hahaha - you must have read my "rant" on tripadvisor Exit Zero

Pia

lazylane · Post by **lazylane** » Tue Feb 21, 2012 8:48 am

Wow, amazing! That's why I love off season in early December!

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42 cars parked at Waterlemon !!!

42 cars parked at Waterlemon !!!