[Kevin's Post]After a few pleasant days in Fat Hog's we had to start making our way back to St. John to pick up our mail. Our new Coast Guard certificate was in the mail and our existing one was set to expire on Jan 31, so we wanted to get back in US waters before it expired. Especially after our fiasco in Martinique a few years ago. We had a nice downwind sail from Fat Hog's to Soper's Hole where we spent the night and cleared out the following morning.
Clearing back into the USA was very easy and required only a phone call to customs and immigration. In St. John we made landfall at Francis Bay, a beautiful bay on the north side of the island lined with white sand beaches. We were excited to be here on a Friday because there is an eco-camp here with a restaurant, and Friday is prime rib night. We met up with John from Sojourn and all hiked up to the restaurant for a wonderful (and cheap) prime rib dinner.
On Monday We took the boat over to Caneel Bay so that we could dinghy into Cruz bay and pick up our mail and some groceries. We had planned to spend the night, but could tell it wasn't going to be a good night's sleep, so headed back to Francis Bay where we knew it would be flat.
We've been doing a variety of mundane boat chores: waxing, cleaning, fixing, etc. But have managed to squeeze in some snorkeling and diving. Most of St. John is a national park and they have a number of dive sites with well-maintained moorings that you can tie off to and dive. One of these, Whistling Cay, is about a mile from Francis Bay. We took the big boat to avoid having to load all the dive gear in the dinghy. Unfortunately the visibility was pretty poor so we didn't see much, but we returned a few days later to snorkel and saw a lot more.
It's Friday again and we're still in Francis Bay. Guess what's for dinner?
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