St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands
Photo's Taken February 2002
The First Category Of Photos From Our St. Croix
Vacation Are All Photos Taken Around Our Hotel.
The Cormorant Beach Resort.
Sunrise At The Cormorant
Larry's Rough Life
Doug's Rough Life
Parker... Chef at Cormorant
Larry Collecting Shells
Collecting MORE Shells
Snorkeling
More Snorkeling
Learning More About Snorkeling
Takes A Lot Of Practice
Doug Getting Shorts Wet
Resting
New Swim Trunks
Cormorant Walkway To Pool
Another View
Leaving The Hotel
Cormorant Yard
View From The Hotel Balcony
A Sunset Photo From The Hotel
Another Sunset
These Are Nice!
Unbelieveable Sky
What A Nice Place
Larry Near The Hotel
The Carribean Sea From The Hotel Balcony
Another View
And Another...
Another...
One More?
How About One More?
Is That All?
NOPE!
Not Done Yet!
Keep Going...
Almost There...
Just One More
The Last One Of The Cormorant Beach
This Is Roxie... Our Waitress At The Hotel Restaurant
A View Of The Room
The Hotel Room
And More Of The Hotel
A Sunset On The Virgin Island Of St. Croix
The Sunrise With A Silouette
Larry At The Hotel Pool
The Trade Winds
Julie... Our First Waitress At The Hotel
Local Folks Horseback Riding Past Our Room
The Hotel Grounds
This Bird Was Outside Our Balcony EVERY DAY!
Visitors From Last Year Say He Was There Back Then!
Fresh Flowers Grown On The Grounds Are Brought To The Rooms
This Is Where The Morning Coffee Is Made
Me On The Balcony... Came Out Kinda Dark
Other Balconies
The Next Category Is
Our Tour To The Beautiful
Buck Island Where We Snorkeled
And Had Lunch. Sailboating Is The
Way To Get There!
This Is Buck Island As Seen From Our Hotel Balcony...
Doesn't Look Like Much From This Distance, But It's Really Amazing.
Starting The Tour...
The Sailboat Leaving The Dock
A Boat Parked On The Dock
The Captain Of The Sailboat
Buck Island In The Distance
Heading Out!
The Captain Let Me Steer!
Larry And I Sailing Along
Larry Cruising
Coming Up On The Island
Almost To Buck Island
This Is Buck Island On The Left and
Eastern St. Croix On The Right
The White Sand Beaches On Buck Island
Other Tour Boats On The Island
Buck Island Beach
The Cactus And The Sea
Eastern St. Croix... Almost Uninhabited
The Back Side Of The Island
(Rocky Side)
Is Where The Snorkeling Is Done
Then We Stopped For Lunch...
The Captain Docked On The Island And We Swam To Shore
To Eat and Have A Swim On The Beach
Another Photo Of The Pier
The Rest Area Where We Ate
The Rest Area
Doug On Buck Island Beach
Larry On Buck Island Beach
Larry Taking A Swim
Heading Back To St. Croix
The Next Category Is
Our Tour Of The Entire St. Croix
Area, Including A Visit To See The
Beer Drinking Pigs
(Very Famous!)
:-)
The First Stop Was The Cruzan Rum Factory.
Rum Is The One CHEAP Item On The Island... $2.99 a fifth!
If I Hadn't Given Up Drinking Liquor Long Ago...
I Wouldn't Have Had To Fly Back To Louisville On A Jet!!!
:-)
The Rum After It's Been Processed And Passing
Through The Cooling Trays
The Tradewinds On The Island Are Enough To Get It Cool
Driving On The Tour Bus To Fredricksted
A View From The Open Air Bus
Another View From The Bus
Passing A Few Homes On The Island
More Homes...
In Contrast To The Luxury Homes... There Was This
Home Which The Tour Guide Said Has Withstood
Every Hurricane The Island Has Seen For Decades.
And A View Of The Yard!
In St. Croix, You Are Either
1. VERY Rich
2. VERY Poor... or
3. A Tourist
A Nice St. Croix Home
Then To The Botanical Gardens Tour... A Huge Cactus!
A Botanical Wonder...
Doug By A Cactus Plant
Larry and Doug Near Another Native Cactus
An Odd Tropical Tree Called A "Cannonball Tree"
A Cactus With Flat Broad Appendages
Doug In Front Of An Old Windmill That Was
Used When St. Croix Was Primarily A Sugar Cane Harvesting Island
Another Photo Of An Old Windmill Used To Crush Sugar Cane
Banana's Growing On The Island
Our Tour-guide Giving A Talk About The Plantation Life Of The Past.
Then Into The Rainforest Area Of St. Croix
Larry On The Botanical Tour
Doug In Front Of Tropical Bushes
Larry In The Rain Forest
A Very Large Rooted Tree In The Tropics
Larry Near A Lime Tree
More Of The Rain Forest
Our Group Heading Into The Rainforest
The Forest Vegitation Is Dense Here, But Once Was Thicker Before Hurricane Hugo
Huge Termite Nests Are Common In St. Croix
Lush, Thick, Tropical Greenery
Plantlife Of All Sorts
Some Looks Familiar In Our Professional
Arrangements We Have Made For Weddings, Funerals, etc.
Tropical Wild-Flowers
Another Variety Of Spiney Cactus
Huge Tree Near A Picnic Area
A Large Light Green Variety Of Cactus
An Old Slavehouse From Plantation Days Still Kept Up And Used For Tours.
A Cruiseship Docked In Fredricksted
Another View Of The Cruiseship
This Is The Beach Where Christopher Columbus
Landed On His Journey's To The New World.
He Named The Island "Santa Cruze" Then Later The French Renamed It "St. Croix".
Larry And I At The Columbus Site
Another Shot...
The Caribbean Sea Is Very Blue Here.
Another View Of The Sea
Parts Of The Beach Are Very Rocky
Driving In The Left Lane Took Some Getting Used To...
Looking Over A Ledge At Some Of The Island's
Mongoose. They Have Eaten ALL The Snakes... So There Are
None On St. Croix! Ain't Mongoose Great!
Then To The Beer Drinking Pigs Of
St. Croix. This Is A Monument To The Original Pig... Buster.
This Is Me Handing The Pig His Beer!
He Bites The Can... Throws Back His Head,
Swallows The Beer, Then Spits Out The Can!
This Is The Woman That Trained The
Pigs To Drink Beer!
The Next Category Is
Friends We Met On St. Croix
And Photo's Around The Island
Bam Bam The Bartender At Club 57
Bill and John From Conneticut with Larry
The 4 of Us At A
French Restaurant In Fredericksted
John Bill and Myself
The 3 Of Us At The Club
Friends Bob and James Also From NY City
Talking With Larry On The Beach
Bryan And Andy
Bryan and Andy Jogging
Parker and Others Dancing At The Cormorant
Some Crabs On Rocks In Fredericksted
Bouganvilla Bushes Behind Doug In
Christiansted
A Friend We Met At The Club
That Had Been Stationed In Fort Knox
Kentucky As A Youth
A Front Yard Of The Wealthy On St. Croix
John and Bill
Friend From Kansas City Steering
The Sail Boat Out To Buck Island
Larry In Front Of Bouganvilla
Bushes In Christiansted
Larry Viewing The Caribbean
Larry Speaking With A Friend Leonard
At Poolside Of The Cormorant
Having Lunch In Fredricksted During
The St. Croix Island Tour
Nancy and Arlene Sunbathing
An Old Pier Which Is Now A Home
For Various Sea Birds
A Rocky Beach
Another Rocky Beach Scene
Andy and Bryan From NY City On The Beach
Roger From Kansas City Heading
To Buck Island Abord A Sailboat
(Wife Is Steering)
A Random Photo Of St. Croix Sky
Arlene and Nancy From New Jersey
The University Of The U.S. Virgin Islands
Larry and I At A French Restaurant
Larry, Myself, John, And Bill
Waiter Named William At French Restaurant
In Fredericksted
The Entrance To A Very Elaborate
Home In St. Croix
A Photo Of A Beautiful Home
And...
Last But NOT Least...
A Special View Of The Cormorant
Sunset From Our Hotel!
This Photo Is My Favorite Of Them ALL.
This Is A Page With Some
Beautiful Lake Effect Applets My Sister
Beverly Made Of A Few Of
The St. Croix Photos.
Thank You Sis And/Or Auntie Bev!
That's All Of The St. Croix
Vacation Photos From February 2002!
Hope You Enjoyed Them.
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