The rocky island on the next picture is where an underwater snorkeling trail exists. It consists of 15 cement signs underwater explaining the fish and coral that are present in the area.
While waiting for the snorkel gear rental place to open for Tina and I, Fred played king of the mountain and we took a stroll down to the end of the beach where the rock formations take over.
After the 4 of us did the aforementioned underwater snorkeling trail, we had lunch and then Fred and I headed out to go around the complete rocky island.
With it getting to be mid-afternoon we headed over to Cinnamon Bay which had a trail going up past another long abandoned sugar plantation and then up to the forest above. As opposed to most other trails we had done this one was completely wet and green, making for a nice cool hike through the forest.
The Tyre Palm shown in the next pic as the skinny trunked tree in the middle of the pic is the last native palm remaining on St. John.
As we had seen on a lot of the trails here there are massive termite nests on many tree's in the forest.
After the trail we headed over to Cinnamon Bay itself. Fred and I took this pic in front of the sign in a tribute to Kara's husband Chris who should know why we did it. :)
The park service had a fascinating archeological center right on the beach. It contains artifacts they recovered from beach diggings, some of which date back as far as 1500 BC.
And just above the bay is what's known as Peters Bay Estates. This is known as the richest community on the island, which is rather obvious why it is. Fred nicknamed it Drago's Hill. I don't quite think so. :)
Until tomorrow, have a happy happy.
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