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by RicksFormula
Tue Feb 28, 2017 12:27 pm
Forum: U.S. Virgin Islands Travel Forum: St. John
Topic: The island is looking pretty green
Replies: 8
Views: 9182

Re: The island is looking pretty green

thanks for the update on it Julie! We love the donkeys so it's good to hear they are healthy and happy! On our next trip in about 6 weeks we are staying in a house in Virgin Grande estates that has a lot of trees and gardens so can't wait to see it in person!
by RicksFormula
Sun Feb 26, 2017 9:54 am
Forum: U.S. Virgin Islands Travel Forum: St. John
Topic: The island is looking pretty green
Replies: 8
Views: 9182

Re: The island is looking pretty green

thanks Steve! I like this one when it's working, shows a lot of terrain and it's a live cam: http://208.84.193.88:8888/view/viewer_i ... ml?id=1474
by RicksFormula
Fri Feb 24, 2017 3:32 pm
Forum: U.S. Virgin Islands Travel Forum: St. John
Topic: Peter Bay Next month, suggestions
Replies: 6
Views: 7503

Re: Peter Bay Next month, suggestions

We stayed right across from it at La Suza when Taylor House was being built in 2014 and it is a gorgeous home on a very nice lot. Don't see how you can go wrong with the house or the location in lower Peter Bay. One of my "have to's" would be to spend a day on Gibney Beach with chairs/cool...
by RicksFormula
Fri Feb 24, 2017 1:46 am
Forum: U.S. Virgin Islands Travel Forum: St. John
Topic: The island is looking pretty green
Replies: 8
Views: 9182

Re: The island is looking pretty green

thanks Hoosier! Enjoy your trip!
by RicksFormula
Thu Feb 23, 2017 12:33 pm
Forum: U.S. Virgin Islands Travel Forum: St. John
Topic: The island is looking pretty green
Replies: 8
Views: 9182

The island is looking pretty green

One of my favorite things about St. John (and there are so many) is the mountain like terrain coming right out of the beaches on most of the island, and the way the island is so green when the rainfall is above average. I'll be there for a week in April and August this year and I've been watching th...
by RicksFormula
Sat Feb 11, 2017 10:22 am
Forum: U.S. Virgin Islands Travel Forum: St. John
Topic: What was your first impression of St. John?
Replies: 24
Views: 27848

Re: What was your first impression of St. John?

My wife and I made our first trip to St. John in 1989. We travelled to St. Thomas with 2 other couples and stayed at Frenchman's Reef. We took the ferry across to St. John the first day and rented a Datsun truck with two side benches in the back. I drove from Cruz Bay up the centerline road to get t...