On our fifth day on the ship we went to St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands. This was our least amount of time in any of the ports. We docked at 6am and departed at 2pm, so it was really odd times. We knew we wanted to go to St. John to explore the National Park, so we booked Nate's Custom Charters to pick us up at the port and then take us on a private tour of the National Park. We arrived just before sunrise.
Off the ship and ready to explore
Ivan picked us up and the roads were extremely curvy. Caitie felt really sick on the way there. Once she got in the boat she was all good! It was really cloudy and a little cool since it was still so early in the morning.
Brendan was our captain and he was hysterical. We laughed the whole day at his jokes. He mentioned that normally he would take people to cinnamon bay or maho bay, but there have been storms recently and the snorkeling wouldn't be good in those spots. So instead we headed to Salt Pond. It was gorgeous!
The boys got out to snorkel and Caitie and I headed towards the beach. The boys all had turtles swim up right next to them. It was so neat!
Caitie was a little grumpy because it was so cold, so she spent the first half of the time whimpering. She perked up once we got back on the boat and got a snack!
We passed by all the volcanic rock. It was all so pretty!
We went to another spot to snorkel and the boys saw so many fish! It was still pretty cold outside, so I stayed in the boat for this one and enjoyed the freshly made painkillers that the captain made for us.
There were also a good amount of turtles at this spot. I captured one of them coming up for air!
We went to Christmas cove for our last snorkeling spot. We saw tons of starfish and a sunken ship. The sun finally came out and it felt great outside.
We had the best time on the boat. It was everyone's favorite day of the cruise. St. John is gorgeous and I would love to go back and spend some more time there. This was also our 16th National Park as a family.
We headed back to the boat and all wished we had more time to explore there.
We grabbed some lunch and then spent the rest of the afternoon at the pool.
We caught a sunset before dinner. Michael and I had reservations for the steakhouse, but decided to cancel and eat in the buffet with the kids. It was an amazing day!
Next up is the Dominican Republic!
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