Carnival in St. Thomas

We went, we saw, we got the pictures. 

Not much to write about carnival, it was a lot of sitting on the side of the road and watching. But I’m glad that we stayed, I had fun.

So here is a shortened version for all of you. Enjoy.

On Thursday morning they start the Carnival with Jouvert. It is basically floats with bands playing and you follow the band that you like best. They play for hours nonstop and the people in the streets are dancing. We watched from the safety of Chase offshore.

          

On Friday they had the Children’s parade. 

 

And on Saturday was the Adult Parade. We didn’t stay for the whole thing since it started at eleven am and ended sometime around midnight. We just went for a few hours in the afternoon.

 

Remember you can click on the pictures to make them larger.

April has been an eventful month for us

We have thoroughly enjoyed the month of April. It has been a fun and activity packed month.

We have spent time with several great friends, new and old. Celebrated Easter with a potluck dinner and some good company. We have swam, explored, shopped, and hiked several different islands.  And my personal favorites were when  we went for my first scuba dive, and the time spent discussing and doing artwork with some talented friends. It is wonderful to get ideas from others and to share information.

Holly has painted the ‘derelict’ boat on the beach in Honeymoon Bay.

Exploring the old fort and it’s tunnels on Water Island.

Marilyn enjoying some time on Wayne’s new Hobie cat.

Of Course you know that when we get groups together we have to do Karaoke.

Jeri &  Judi

Sis doing Some swimming.

Going over the gear and instructions one more time.

Squirrel Fish. He makes me smile.

Ryan.

Me

Me & Stormy

Me & Ryan

Brain Coral

Me – I would have been smiling ear to ear but I needed to keep my regulator in.

coral

(Thanks for taking pictures Bev.)

Ryan and Sis taking a turn on the Hobie

Eric Stone Live at Joe’s

Ryan and Sis Fishing

The one that got away.

About a 4 foot Mahi

A pretty walkway at the Botanical Gardens in St Croix

Me and Jackie enjoying the free rum at the Cruzan Rum Factory.

Had a send off for Papa.

And did some sailing of our own.

All in all it’s been a busy and exciting month.

Yeah for April!

Navigating our Blog

Due to the fact that I have a little extra internet today and newly founded facts from a few readers, I thought that I would make a post letting everyone know the various "extras" on our blog.

For instance, did you know...……

* That if you move your mouse around on the fish swimming on the top of the page that they will follow you around?

*And if you right click on the fish tank you can feed them.

*Or if you click on one of our pictures you can see a full screen version of that photo? (Just hit your back button to return to the blog.)

*And how about the fact that if you go to the page "People we have met along the way' that you can click on their addresses and it takes you straight to their webpage.

* The globe on the bottom of the right hand column? It can be manipulated so that you can zoom in and see the pin points of everyone that has visited. (Yours is the one pulsing.)

*And the two maps at the bottom of the page can also be examined more closely. If you click on the Google map it will tell you more about each flag and the dates of our crossings.

*The trip adviser map will tell you all the cities that I have wandered around. And offers pictures and hotel suggestions from others online.

And you know the best feature of all?!

* The comment button!

It's great to see that you are still there. Sometimes it's hard to write when your not sure anyone is reading. Plus we really like to hear what is going on with you all. And we always welcome suggestions to the webpage and questions. Don't want to comment? No problem! You can always come visit and tell us in person!

Well I hope that helps you to more fully explore our webpage and we look forward to hearing from you.