A Great Trip to St. John!

Suzanne and Bill C. invited us down to share some of their time in the Virgin Islands. We had a great trip and spent some fabulous days relaxing at Francis Bay, a quick walk from the Maho Bay Camps. We swam, snorkeled, watched chickens, watched iguanas, made friends, ate, and drank. It was tough coming back to DC!

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Riding the ferry from Red Hook on St. Thomas to Cruz Bay on St. John.

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Overlooking one of the beautiful beaches on St. John. (We think it's Trunk bay)

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The view from the dining pavilion at Maho Bay campgrounds

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An early morning view at Little Maho Bay

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happy cat, happy bird

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Lots of bananakeets in a tree.

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Suzanne and Bill, as happy as can be.

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a serious spider web

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This bananakeet snuck up on us and took a little piece of fig newton

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Yum. Look at its little tongue going!

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Luxuriating in front of our tent/cabin

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Blowing kisses at the photographer.

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Enjoying sitting next to a bananakeet

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Bill C., out for a morning swim

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pelican at work

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Francis Bay

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The beach at Francis Bay is absolutely beautiful!

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Even the iguanas came out to greet us

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hello!

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artist at work

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Geckos are ubiquitous

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Suzanne was ready to swim out to this boat and spend the rest of her days a sailor. We (barely) talked her out of this plan.

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the iguanas were very docile but also very curious. Look how long it is compared to Bill's shoes!

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Iguanas--the scourge of low-lying leaves at Francis Bay

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But aren't they adorable?

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And if it isn't our other friend, Mr. Rooster!

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Curious

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"Hey, chickens, c'mere!"

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"I'm busy looking for bugs or something."

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"Ok, I'll walk over to where you are, then."

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Pelicans in formation

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Giselle wasn't able to relax at all.

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considering a swim

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opting against the water.

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still trying to decide whether to swim or not.

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Debating about taking over the world.

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leaf on the surf.

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smiling at a chicken

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The elph is ready to go underwater!

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Giselle and our friend Nicole played for hours in the water.

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sunset at dinner.

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Our friends Pamela and Michael try to find a word. They totally hustled us by pretending not to know how to play scrabble and then they won the game!

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having fun playing scrabble

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Bill C. and Nicole

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