For Mom, Love Steve

A buddy of mine from Key West dropped by for a few days so after hitting the usual St. Thomas spots, I decided to take him to St. John to do some snorkeling and beaching.

St. John is the smallest of the three primary islands that make up the USVI at about 28 square miles. Two-thirds of the island was set aside as a National Park. Although it gets its share of tourist traffic, St. John has managed the best out of three in regards to Ecology. Unfortunately, none of the three are even close to what I would call ecologically sound. Humans are the downfall of everything (I?m no different, I shuttled my car across.) Speaking of shuttling, there are car ferries and people ferries. Car ferries are cars that attracted to the same manufacturer ie. BMW to BMW, Honda to Honda, while people ferries are same sex attracted. HA HA, I?m so funny. Anyway?s, there are Ferry?s that dock on Charlotte Amalie (Downtown on the Waterfront), and also in Red Hook on the East End. From Downtown the trip takes about 45 minutes while the East End takes about 15 minutes. From Redhook you can transport your car round trip for $35-$42 depended on which of the three Ferry companies you use. The people shuttle runs $3.00 one way. I actually took the Ferry randomly when I just needed a change of pace. It?s a great stress reliever just like taking a drive in my car. It appeases the Island Fever that pops up occassionally.
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Well, I decided to pick up a underwater housing for my digital camera. I actually gave up diving a while back because I just lost interest, but now that I have a new toy, and the fact that I will be hitting some new locations, it seemed like a good purchase.

Anyways, just like anything new, there is a learning curve. Camera care, settings, keeping bouyancy, making those freaking fish stay still…

Here are some photos that I took my first time out. It was actually a good sign when I waded in, stuck my head under water and there was this turtle just cruising along. Apparently it was used to people because it could care less that I was following it. The pictures actually came out pretty good. As I practice I will post some more here.

Day one (Hull Bay)

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