Kevin's plan for St John's

Your day begins as we dock at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas at 8 AM. We disembark as soon as possible and RUSH past the shopping at the cruise terminal, to board a jitney or bus to Red Hook. After the brief ride of 4 or 5 miles to the Ferry in Red Hook, we stop at “Marina Market” at Red Hook to pick up a few items like food, beer and other libations before the 9 or 10 AM ferry departs Red Hook for Cruz Bay, St. John.

After our 20 minute ferry ride to Cruz Bay we exit to the open air jitney (if we had insufficient time to shop in Red Hook we can shop at Starfish Market there). We take the 3-4 mile ride in the open air and arrive at Cinnamon Bay, a facility operated by the National Park Service. (It is a mile from Caneel and about a mile from Trunk). We have rented a cottage at Cinnamon Bay for the day ($95.00) that sits 400 feet from the water and is situated close to the showers and not far from the General Store and Restaurant on site. Ice is available for us and the unit has a refrigerator and 4 beds (no calling dibs).

Chairs and water sports are available to us. We can sit on the beach or take a hike in the area. Go over to Caneel or Trunk if we like, cook lunch on the grill and sip beers. It promises to be a great day.