So off we go today as a family to Maho Bay, our favorite beach. On the way there we see a few cows hanging out by the side of the road, their usual. We get to the beach and find a nice spot in the shade when SPLASH! What was that? It looks like a shark in the water. Would you believe it was an Iguana?! Well it was, you know the kind that are native to St. John, the swimming iguana. That iguana spent most of his day swimming around in the shallow end of the beach. At times he looked like a baby turtle, popping his head up here and there. The kids spent time underwater watching the iguana. The kids think he was snorkeling watching the fish. Once we got tired of that, we did some snorkeling. The kids and Jay saw a great barracuda, trumpet fish, sergeant major, four eye butterfly fish and many other fish, too many to name. Jay began to get antsy. He lasted 3 hours I could not really complain. We packed it up and headed home. On the way we passed two donkeys, about 30 goats, and a cow crossing the road. An average animal sighting day. Oh we also picked up a hitch hiker and took her to the "evil driveway" where she lived. She has lived here for 30 years but never on this side of the island and doesnt know the roads too well on this side, so she had trouble remembering exactly where she lived. Hitch hiking is very common here, you just point your index finger in the direction you want to go and if there is room some one might pick you up. It was our first pickup!
So off we go today as a family to Maho Bay, our favorite beach. On the way there we see a few cows hanging out by the side of the road, their usual. We get to the beach and find a nice spot in the shade when SPLASH! What was that? It looks like a shark in the water. Would you believe it was an Iguana?! Well it was, you know the kind that are native to St. John, the swimming iguana. That iguana spent most of his day swimming around in the shallow end of the beach. At times he looked like a baby turtle, popping his head up here and there. The kids spent time underwater watching the iguana. The kids think he was snorkeling watching the fish. Once we got tired of that, we did some snorkeling. The kids and Jay saw a great barracuda, trumpet fish, sergeant major, four eye butterfly fish and many other fish, too many to name. Jay began to get antsy. He lasted 3 hours I could not really complain. We packed it up and headed home. On the way we passed two donkeys, about 30 goats, and a cow crossing the road. An average animal sighting day. Oh we also picked up a hitch hiker and took her to the "evil driveway" where she lived. She has lived here for 30 years but never on this side of the island and doesnt know the roads too well on this side, so she had trouble remembering exactly where she lived. Hitch hiking is very common here, you just point your index finger in the direction you want to go and if there is room some one might pick you up. It was our first pickup!
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