CHRIS & LIZZ'S TOUR OF THE USVI

 We took the car over on the ferry to St. John, after we picked the ladies up from Sugar Bay (an all-inclusive resort here on St. Thomas). The day before we spent the day on our beach, Sapphire Beach, and looked for Sea Turtles....but no luck, so Chris was on a mission to see some Seaturtles over at St. John! 

 The ferry ride was beautiful over the water was some amazing shades of aqua blue and the clouds in the sky were so full of texture! 

 There are some of the best beaches on the world on this little island and we were going to do some beach hopping to show them a few. However, when we got there the beaches looked totally different because of the WAVES!!! When we had went a few days before the water was like glass, but that day there were warnings out not to swim because of how huge the waves were and the strength of the rip tide. Bummer! So we didn't go to Trunk Bay (the most beautiful beach on the island) because you had to pay 4 bucks....but I think it worked out for the best! 

 There were surfers out on Cinnamon try to catch the good waves!

 Seth knew just where to take us to find some good snorkeling...after a short 30 minute hike we were away from the crowds and on this secluded beach tucked away in the Virgin Island National Park.Within minutes of us being there we spotted a seaturtle, and Chris and Lizz's clothes were flying off and snorkel gear was being applied as they entered the water :-) Even though the water wasn't the most crystal clear due to the waves creating debris and push around of sand....the snorkeling was excellent! Three seaturtles, a few stingrays (one eagle ray), some starfish, tons of fish, beautiful coral that looked unharmed... our 1 1/2 hour snorkel session came to a close! Now we needed a local lunch!

 Classic Jumpy Picture on Salt Pond Beach...complete other side of the island had no waves!

 St. John's wild donkeys that like to get fed from the car windows...they just walk along the side of the road waiting for a snack!

Lizz and Chris invited us over to their resort for a game of water basketball, soak in the hot tub, and to see the beautiful view from their room! Yes Lizz....I am going to tell the whole world that Seth got beat by three girls in PIG when we were playing basketball (do we need to tell them that he was playing left handed....but he was also the first one out because of Lizz's sure fire shot :-) Yes Chris......I am going to tell your Qwirkle story!! So we were playing my new game from Christmas (Thanks Marcus) called Qwirkle. So Chris is kicking our buts in this game because she keeps "Qwirkling" and when you do that you have to shout out "QWIRKLE" well....halfway through and a few Qwirkles later she asks "What is the name of this game??" and Lizz looks at her like are you serious...."Qwirkle!" haha! Too funny....Thanks for the Memory guys! Truly enjoyed you both and we are ready for you to come back and see us already!