The new cabinet is installed, along with door catches and
fiddles on top! It was a chore, but we persevered! However, now we need to
replace the flooring as the cabinet isn’t the same size as the bench was. The
generator arrives and we test the water maker only to find the pressure vessel
has a hairline crack! Now we wait for new pressure vessels. We also got an ice
maker! It makes 10 ice cylinders every 10 minutes so now we have cold drinks!
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| The new cabinet replaces the bench |
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| New ice maker Yeah! ICE! |
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| Cabinet all done! |
On one of our trips to Budget Marine for more stuff I ran
across the Happy Island Yacht Club at the edge of Independent Boat Yard. What a
cool place! It was a boat that ran aground in a hurricane that became a bar,
restaurant and yacht club. The people were really great and we had a blast
before staggering to the bus back to the dinghy.
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| The Happy Yacht Club. Cool place! |
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| Fern streches Leslie |
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| Dinner at the Eco Lodge at Maho |
With us now waiting for water maker parts we head off to
Maho Bay and meet Laura and Fern. Fern is great as she is a yoga instructor so
she and Laura come aboard and teach us some couples yoga so we can be
flexible. Friday is Maho Eco Lodge roast
beef night so we meet up with our friends on Ocean Wings and have a wonderful
dinner! Unfortunately the land the Eco Lodge is on was sold so they will have
to close and vacate by May 15th. This is a bummer as it is a great
place with eco tours and class blowing classes and a variety of activities for
the guests and visitors. They also have a water sports center which also has to
go which again is unfortunate as they also rent equipment and have dives for
visitors as well as guests. However, I did buy a scuba tank for $100 which
isn’t bad.
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| What a view! |
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| Lameshur Bays |
The north swell has come in and waves are crashing on the
beaches up here at Maho and the north shore of St John so we head to the south
shore and pick up a mooring at Little Lameshur Bay. There a lot of hikes here
we haven’t done so we stay a while to do some hiking.
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| We rest at the end of Ram's Trail |
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| This is a big Tree! |
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| The VIERS camp site |
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| Painting of the habitat |
While hiking we discover VIERS, Virgin Island
Environmental Research Station, and go to visit their facility. It is a good
looking camp run by volunteers for visiting High School and College classes who
come from the states. It is also the
location of the Tektite Museum, the underwater habitat from the 1970’s. It was 50 ft. below the surface and was used
for 13 missions, one for 90 days straight, to see how people would react in close
quarters in space and living under the sea for research. Fascinating!
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| Leslie with Drunk Bay art |
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| Interesting rock art |
The hikes in this area were really fun.
Drunk Bay hike is short but the end is bizarre, Bordeaux hike is meant
for triathlete training, 1200 ft straight up.
Not one we will repeat soon.
We also got a chance to check out Concordia which is Maho
Bay Eco Resort’s sister facility in Coral Bay on owned property. It is eco but a step up from Maho and
smaller.
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| ruin on the hike |
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| The fish were by the boat, but I caught nothing! |
The beach in Lameshur is great! We decided to make coconut candle holders while we were there with some coconuts Leslie found.
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| Lamesure Bay beach |
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| Leslie sands a coconut |
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| Ahh the finished product |
Now we must return to St. Thomas, we are out of water and
food, and hopefully pick up water maker parts, flooring etc. and finish this
phase of the lady’s face lift.
Happy Easter to all!!
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