It was a leisurely start to our day at Buck Island. D-man and I paddle boarded into shore and did the “hike” - which was a bit more like a loose path with some tricky avoidance of plants, cactus and rat traps (the park service is working to the island of rats that have infested the island). We saw tons of crabs on the island and worked up a sweat before heading back to the boat.
We then puttered to Christiansted and went ashore for lunch and to explore a bit. We had drinks and yummy pizza and I explored the historic area of the island while the boys did some shopping - T-man for a knife and D-man for a gift for Hadley. It is hard to believe when walking around Christiansted that you are in a US territory as there is so much Dutch history and influence. And a small, but memorable piece for me is that I tried to text the boys about their location and neither of them had their phones - a miracle of vacation.
Back on the boat in the harbor, the kids killed time lobster hunting (they were all too small), but it killed time while the adults relaxed and drank Miami Vice drinks.
We headed over to Salt River Bay and had a dance party while waiting for dinner. We took the dinghy over to a part of the bay that has Bioluminescence plankton and we were able to swim around and feel like a super hero as your action lit up the water around you. Definitely a unique and once in a life time experience. Some folks also saw bioluminescent jelly fish and a slug. We came back to sushi for dinner. What a truly memorable day.
Pulling into Christiansted
Checking out the fish from the pier
Tarpon off the boardwalk
Cool architecture
Waiting for smoothies
Staircase shape popular on these islands
Cool courtyard
Boozie milkshake for lunch
Kid table
Customs house
Fort
Mailing his postcard
Lobster hunting
Off again
Miami vice
Dance party
D-man messing with the camera
Still messing
Da kids - embarrassed by our dance party
Sushi!
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