That's a bummer about your friend backing out. There are four of us that will be there Aug 8 - 10 but by that time you'll probably have made some great friends. PM me if you want contact info.

I received the following reply on Tuesday 8/13 - Thank you for your interest in Virgin Islands National Park and in particular about encroachments to park lands as reported in the recent News of St John article. I can tell you that the National Park Service is in the process of documenting and quant...

Just got back home around 1 am this morning. It was great to talk with the other forumites last Sunday. Wish we could do it every Sunday!!! We had a great week, hope everyone else did as well.

Here's a link to VI Radio. I listen to these sometimes at home in PA.

http://www.viradio.com/

Email sent to both addresses.

Maybe we need to flood the park service with emails regarding this!!

http://www.nps.gov/viis/contacts.htm

Great work from News of STJ on pictures and video. Where were the park people when this is going on?????

http://newsofstjohn.com/2013/08/06/rece ... ment-11662

I plan on being there. Although this is not my first trip to STJ, it will be my first live encounter with folks from the board. My daughter and her boyfriend will most likely join in too. It IS their first time on the island.

Can't wait to be back there!!!!

Just saw the info on this on the News of St John web site. I think the penalty should be to restore the land to as close to the original condition as possible and a substantial fine. Maybe a million for every tree displaced. The $10K is chump change to someone with that much money. http://newsofstjo...

great pictures. thanks for sharing

Outstanding!!!!

When I got mine I said I wouldn't check again but every time I was on the computer I could hear Kayak calling me "Come and check. . .Come and check" I just couldn't resist and of course the prices had gone down. On the brighter side, we have tickets, we have seats and we will rum away thos...

hope there are some left when I get there in August

Well I lost my game of chicken. I bought because the price kept going up on the flights I wanted and today when I checked those same flights are $100 less.

I played chicken with the fares out of central PA and lost. The fares kept going up. Finally bought and have check a few time sinces and the prices are the same. Fare was about $150 higher than normal.