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42 cars parked at Waterlemon !!!
Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 1:05 pm
by Pia
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
Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 1:14 pm
by FinsUp
Yikes!! Peace and quiet no more!!
Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 1:14 pm
by surfnh
Water who?
Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 1:19 pm
by surfnh
By the way, vacation week in MA, CT, and NY this week, correct?
Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 1:21 pm
by mit43
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?
Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 1:40 pm
by Pia
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
Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 1:46 pm
by mit43
I think our first trip down, You, Les and your girls were the only other "people" we saw the entire day down there....
Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 1:56 pm
by liamsaunt
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.
Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 3:23 pm
by Teresa_Rae
That is insane!!!
Seriously, if I see more than about 5-8 cars I groan.
Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 3:29 pm
by Pia
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
Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 3:41 pm
by conchman
So when people ask..send them to "Watermelon"
Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 5:34 pm
by Exit Zero
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.
Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 6:04 pm
by augie
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!
Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 6:54 pm
by Pia
Hahaha - you must have read my "rant" on tripadvisor Exit Zero
Pia
Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2012 8:48 am
by lazylane
Wow, amazing! That's why I love off season in early December!