A Hiker’s view of St John, USVI

The Island of St John has a long and fascinating history, traces of which can be found if you are willing to venture a bit into the bush!

I visited St John for 2 weeks in the fall of 2016. Being a hiker at heart, it was not your typical Caribbean holiday! Here’s as except from the journal I posted today

“…..Glenn popped his head up right about then and said “c’mere, there’s a shark.” I thought to myself, shouldn’t it be, like, “swim away fast, there’s a shark,” but he was doing the hand signal thing for come. The shark was about 4 feet long, a nurse shark, evidently sleeping down on the sand in a cozy spot amongst the rocks and corals. So my brother decided to take a picture, which woke up the shark, which proceeded to head for deeper darker country. Pretty cool…..”   ( read more…)

Rams Head peninsula juts far out to the sea along the south coast of St John. There’s a great hike out to the end, best done early in the morning when it is still cool!

Click here to read the whole journal on my trip to St John

Author: sixdogmomma

Dog lover, hiker, backpacker, photographer, caretaker.