Caneel Bay Resort

... just a couple of miles from our home in Arlington, VA.  They were to arrive January 20th for a long weekend ashore at Caneel Bay Resort on St. John.  We planned to meet them there and take them out for a day sail and snorkeling on Saturday, the ...

... the week before (18 20'39.5"N 064 47'21"W).  Ken and Joan treated us to drinks and dinner at the Caneel Bay Resort “Equator” restaurant built amidst the historic sugar mill "ruins" which were well maintained.  It was fine dining, ...

... , but we stumbled across a wifi spot so we thought we'd post an update. First and most notably, we are staying in an eco-tent resort, which is kind of like camping but a little more comfortable (just a little...we still have to shower with a hose that is ...

... ). The water temperature was perfect, and I just bobbed around in the shallows until it was time to leave. We walked out through Caneel Bay, pausing briefly to smell the bay-rum tree, which smells of cloves. Apparently, it was the tree that was used to ...

... and headed for Cruz Bay on St. John to sign into the US Virgin Islands. The National Park Service has moorings all along the Caneel Bay resort. Since Cruz Bay is small and awash with commercial traffic and anchored local yachts, it is far easier to ...

... -- turns out the owners are Mizzou grads.  We tore ourselves away from Woody's with the idea of getting a taxi to check out Caneel Bay.  (By now it was probably 5 p.m.; we weren't really keeping track of time and that was a very welcome change!) ...

... those of us who had sailed the Arabella before were disappointed about was the deletion of the first night dinner ashore at Caneel Bay’s Equator Restaurant. Many of us agreed that it was our favorite dining experience on previous voyages and it used ...

... passengers all introduced ourselves as well. Finally it was time to depart Red Hook and we went across Pillsbury Sound to St. John Caneel Bay to the Equator Restaurant. This is a very pretty, open air restaurant located in an old sugar mill.  The ...

... , it was time to leave. Kyla, unfortunately, had a bit of a low (64), but we were able to correct it quickly. We walked to Caneel Bay, to briefly visit the ruins of an old sugar plantation. And to chase a donkey. Then, to the taxis and a brief ride back ...