Ruggedness of the Sea One of the things that we’ve found to be common to all of these islands is the rugged rocks that are along their coasts. They always have nice bays, but there are also these rock outcroppings along their coasts as well. This sailboat was...
St. Martin’s Flamboyant Flower According to DJ – our tour guide, this pretty orange/red flower is the Flamboyant and is the “national” flower of St. Martin. Now, what I wonder is if it’s the flower French or the Dutch flower....
The Little French Bay The island of St. Martin/St. Maarten is half Dutch and half French. We took an island tour with a company called Bernard’s Tours (I think we would both recommend them). They took us around the island so we got to see both the Dutch and...
Bright Flowers And even though we saw cactus, we found some of the beautiful, bright flowers we come to love on our island trips. I’m not sure of the type of flower, but I love the big, broad, yellow petals. This was at a nice little overlook of the sea in...
Cactus in the Tropics On our island tour, one of the stops included an overlook of the sea and what I found odd was this cactus. This island showed different vegetation in some of the areas than what we have seen on other islands. This was just one example. Nikon...
A Long Way from Home First off, let’s just say we were a long way from home. This sign is found in the Dutch downtown area of St. Maarten. It is a nice little downtown area and about 3000 miles from Leadville. It was really a nice break from our mid-winter...
The Palms Once last photo for the night. I liked this picture of the palm trees at the park because of the way the light shines through. I found it to be quite stunning with the greens and the golds and the blues. Ah…. what a beautiful place. I think we will be...
The Wind At Work I did take a few pics here at Trunk Bay and one was this sail boat coming out from behind the island. This just caught my attention and made me think of how peaceful it could be on a sail boat pushed by the wind. Nikon D300s ISO: 200 Shutter speed:...
The Swell Just a quick shot of the swell off the beach at Trunk Bay. This was out a little ways, but it was certainly having its affect on the beach and the little island where the snorkeling trail was. I decided that the park folks knew best and I certainly wanted to...
Trunk Bay So, as I said, while we were at St. Thomas, we took a trip out to St. John’s Island. The US Virgin Islands take great pride in St. John’s because it hosts the southernmost National Park in the US. So, our intent was to go over there and snorkel at Trunk Bay....
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