I am sorry about the lack of updates, but the Internet services that we were using have all stopped working. In the last few weeks we have hiked the petroglyph trail on St John and the Brown Bay trail, also on St John. At the end of the Petroglyph trail there is a well preserved sugar mill. It still has an old steam engine from the last attempt to run the mill, but with the abolishment of slavery the sugar production on the island was already on its way out. Yes my favorite part of the Reef Bay sugar mill is the bats, lots of bats. The Brown Bay plantation is not kept up and completely grown over. On the hike down we came across a group of Ferrel donkeys, I still have not seen the allusive land crab, but the donkeys were cool. The plantation is hard to see under all the vines and brush giving it an eyree feeling, especially the room that had animal bones lied out like some black magic ritual. Unfortunately we forgot the camera on the Brown Bay hike, but we did have the most tasty burgers we have had since we left at Skinny Legs. This is my new favorite place, but it really is at the end of the earth.
For all of you that do know our last day of work is the 2nd of May. We will be leaving to Jost Van Dyke and the Virgin Gorda for my birthday and then a few days on St John. After that we have a flight home with a 10 hour layover in Vegas, but do not worry we will not be getting married in the Little Chapel of Love. Finally we will land in Salt Lake on mothers day. We can not wait to see you all for a week before we start our next journey to Alaska.
Congrats to Richard and Nichole on 15 years, happy anniversary.
