Salt Pond St John

Last night we stayed in salt pond bay. We swam, snorkeled, then hiked up to a little resort and had a drink. The beach was beautiful and snorkeling was great. There were so many fish. We are still waiting to meet Mr. B, Gail's 4 foot "pet" barracuda who visits her almost every week here!!

Hiking trail was great

The cactus has a tree trunk!

The view from top of hike was beautiful.

At night we had delicious meal on the boat and then sat under stars.  Billy used the boat swing. 

British Virgin Islands

Yesterday we went to Tortolla and then sailed to Norman Island and moored overnight and had dinner at a very nice restaurant on the beach.  Today we sailed in the ocean and came back to St John and are staying overnight.  We are all getting better at running the sails. We have passed 3 courses and tests so far with 1 to go!! 

Dinner last night on Norman Island was fabulous!!

Norman Island from the boat. 

Jenga on the beach. Dick is our sailing instructor on the left and Gail his wife the cook in front. So nice!

Sailboats everywhere

Our boat from the beach on St John

St. John U.S. Virgin Islands

Yesterday and today we sailed in the U.S. Virgin Islands.  We start each day with school and our books.  Then we do hands on drills. The days fly by and there is so much to learn!!   The sails are huge and a little intimidating for me.  At night we had a delicious dinner on board, listened to good music and had some wine.  Everyone on board is very nice, the captain Dick is a great patient instructor and Gail is a great cook.   

The sails are huge!

We had to tie knots

Snorkeling when school is over

The helm and ropes we need to pull can be hard and fast when turning through the wind.

Studying for tomorrow test.  We all got high 90's on first test

Sunset on boat first night

Sailing school! ⛵️

We are in St Thomas on our catamaran to get certified to sail!! The boat is beautiful!  The captain is the instructor and his wife is the chef.  They are very nice and another couple is taking the class also nice.  We are sleeping at the dock in the marina. On way out to eat.