Beware of tsunamis

When our daughters were young, perhaps pre-teenagers, they and their friends would sometimes sit with their friends at our Sabbath table engaged in a rather morbid discussion on the topic of whether they would prefer to die (or kill someone) with a knife or with a gun. In light of the horrible weather we are missing in New England, I was reminded of this when I saw the following new sign along the roads of St. John, where the dangers of weather events are quite different but perhaps no less real:

For as long as we have been vacationing on St. John, there has been this little shack selling Columbo yogurt smoothies along the road towards the area of the island where we always stay. But for one reason or another we have never stopped there until yesterday. Here is Barry with his berry smoothie; I, of course, went for the peanut butter and chocolate.

This next picture is of the new grocery store in Coral Bay, the part of the island where we stay. When we first started coming to St. John, there was just one place to buy groceries in the Coral Bay area, a little hole in the wall called Love City Market. Barry and I always suspected that a lot more than groceries changed hands there. There were two larger stores on the eastern side of St. John, about a 30-40 minute drive from where we stay, Starfish Market and Dolphin Market. A few years ago, a small market called Lily’s opened in Coral Bay. Their stock was an improvement on Love City but it was still limited. We arrived this time to find that the spot where Lily’s had been is now inhabited by a newer and enlarged grocery store with a relocated Dolphin Market. This market has a reasonable selection of food and even some produce, although the best produce is still at Starfish. The new Dolphin Market is in the same little complex as Aqua Bistro, one of the places that has live music most nights.

The next picture is Hawksnest Beach, where we spent Wednesday.

You can see that our donkey friends are still hanging out here.

And this last picture is Cinnamon Beach. We have always loved Cinnamon but it is a rather long walk from the closest place that Barry can drop me off, so last year we did not go there at all. Wanting to see it again, we decided today to go for it, and with a bunch of stops I managed to make it. It was definitely worth the effort. It really is a beautiful beach, and is less calm than most of the other beaches so there is a wonderful breeze. We had a lovely day.

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I know it is still very cold in much of the US. Enjoy the pictures and we will think warm thoughts of you and for you!

   

Love,

Rebecca