Rough Day On The Boat

Christmas Day Feast/Jam

at Discovery Grove

Christmas Aftermath

Best Christmas Present Ever!

What do you get the guy who already has everything he wants?

A flight around the island!

The pilot took off and landed, but in between he handed over the controls to me,

so of course we flew all around Salt River

and our apartment,

Christiansted's harbor and the house we might be buying.

And Lisa managed to keep the screaming to a minimum

One thing that I was really excited to see was what the world looked like from 350ft up- the deepest I've been underwater.

We leveled off at 350 near Isaac's Bay and, around here, it looks like this-

I don't think I really understood how deep I have been until then.

Estate Boetzburg

Looks like we might be buying a house!

Winter Sunset

(a lot like the summer sunsets)

Rainbow Over The Valley

Boat Parade '13

 We arrived early for what we consider to be the beginning of the Christmas season on St Croix,

but not early enough to beat the long lines for bucket rides.

 This year there were 20+ boats from giant

 to tiny,

 conceptual (dolphins pulling Santa's sleigh),

and even laser light shows.

After a couple of laps around the harbor everyone watched to the east for

fireworks!

After which the revelry continued into the night.

Snowflakes And PalmTrees

Lovebird!

Lots Of Rain,

lots of rainbows.

Our Coconut Delivery Service

Galactica Star

So this boat showed up as I was putting the dive boat on its mooring for the night.

Pretty sure they dropped their anchor chain right across the coral reef we were diving on earlier.

Here's it's website.

In other news, it rained a lot.

Again.

Caleb's Not So Sure About This Nanny

Out Of Practice

 Took my camera diving

 for the first time in a while.

 Saw lots of the usual critters

 and some creepy teeth.

Bus Ride To Greener Pastures

Evidently the horse that adopted us has decided to move on.

I'll miss it, but I suspect our neighbor who did all the shoveling will not.

It's Not Often

that the whole island gets rain at once.

Between Rainshowers

Last Night At Rhythms

Sunday Funday