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So not only am I inexcusably late in posting the few pictures we have, I’m also lazy and am leaning my Picasa crutch…  Check out the new album HERE.

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Why so relatively little pictures, well my Canon Digital Elph finally crapped out after I had downloaded the pictures you do get to see about halfway through our trip.  It was getting an ‘E18′ error that has something to do with the lens malfunctioning.  This wouldn’t have been too bad b/c I was able to take pictures all the way up untill the last day. The real tragedy of this is that there are probably another 50-75 pictures, mostly of St John and the really interesting Eco-Resort we stayed in (Maho Bay Camps) that appear to be corrupted on the memory card.  I haven’t completely given up hope but it doesn’t look good.

Our trip was exactly what we’d hoped for, St Thomas was a great low-key place and Secret Harbor Resort was as advertised (thanks Dad!).  August is a very slow month for tourism in the USVI due to threat of hurricane and average rainfall. We lucked out on both counts only loosing two days to rain in St John and avoiding the hurricanes.  I think my favorite pursuit in St Thomas was floating about chest deep sipping rum drinks from solo cups, in St John the place we stayed put us in the middle of more wildlife than I would have believed.  At any given moment we had 4-5 full sized iguanas in sight, basking in the sun or eating leaves… tons of birds, small anoles and other lizards.  The tent we had at Maho Bay was also just abou the penthouse equivalent given the views (which I can’t share with you other than w/ words)

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If enough people harass Erika about making a post perhaps she will share her thoughts, especially on Maho Bay.  It is a cool place but definitly not a place for everyone!  By resort standards it is definitly ‘roughing it’, by camping standards it is luxurious!  We had the disadvantage of being there in the slow season and found that many of the regular activities, tours and crafts were not available.  I also can’t recommend having your own car enough. We did on St Thomas but not St John.  The constant fares for taxis, the tips, the hassle all added up to both of us wishing we had our own car.

Hope you enjoy the pictures, we should have professional pictures from the wedding soon as well.

-Tony