We were up early on Wednesday for a sail to St. Croix which is 40 miles from the islands of St. Thomas and St. John. Most of us took Dramamine the night before and everyone survived the long sail. Most folks were crashed out at one point or another and somehow Marshall survived the entire sail below deck!
We got to Buck Island around noon and had the entire day to explore and relax. Some of us swam to shore for a bit of time on the beach and then two separate groups went out snorkeling along the other side of Buck Island. There was another underwater snorkeling trail and the grottos we swam through were very cool. There was a menacing barracuda hanging around and a huge school of fish that was beautiful. There were also tons of jelly fish, but not ones we had to worry about apparently. The water was rough so it was not a relaxing snorkel, but definitely worth it.
The second group went out and were gone a long time. The boys arrived back with huge smiles in their faces after a successful lobster hunt. They also brought back two conch shells. We successfully extracted the conch and enjoyed the fruits of the boys’ labor. Unfortunately, we didn’t plan well with the lobster (even after warnings from T-man and Alex) and we lost the lobster off the back of the boat. D-man was devastated and T-man felt badly for his brother and that they were able to “complete the end.”
The night wrapped up with steak kabobs and lobster tails for dinner (just not the one we caught). I had a lovely conversation off the front of the boat with T-man and Marshall and D-man watched F1. We were the only ones moored here for the night - incredible.
Leaving Lameshur Bay
Sporting his new shirt
Pulling up to Buck Island
Gorgeous
Only ones here
The /me group coming back from snorkeling
With their catch!
Messing around
Actually almost lost him here!
Figuring out how to extract the conch
Beautiful shells
The conch
Yup - that’s what we ate (after cutting off all the extras)
Tarpon fish under the boat
Marshall cooking up dinner as Daisy was not feeling well
Conch fritters
The closest we got to a picture of the lobby
The guys hanging with captain Zach at the end of the evening
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