On Sunday a lot of the NSE kids and a few transfer kids went to St. John, another one of the US Virgin Islands. Now there are about 16 NSE kids because some from last semester came back to stay for the whole year.

Ferry ride from Red Hook
to Cruz Bay

The path to the beaches

Cruz Bay

On the west end of the island is a town called Red Hook which is a pretty big port where ferries leave to go all throughout the USVI and BVI. We got there just in time to take the noon ferry to St. John. The round trip ticket only cost 12 bucks and the ferry ride was maybe 10 minutes. St. John is a lot less commercial than St. Thomas and a lot more rural. There seemed to be only shops and restaurants right around Cruz bay where the ferry docked.

The beach we were going to was called Honeymoon Beach and was about a 30 minute walk. I believe we were walking on park service land to get there, but I don't really know. Either way it was a hike though the woods. We had to dodge horse poop, so horseback riding must be a thing people do there.

The beach was a lot prettier than Brewer's. The sand seemed softer and the waster seemed more clear. The light and dark blues of the water seemed to really contrast well with the sand and green palm trees. In the distance you could see other cays and what I was told was Jost Van Dyke.

Solomon's Beach

Honeymoon Beach

Josh, Amber, Will, Emily, and me

After about two hours we went to a beach called Solomon's that was back toward the direction of the boat we had to catch. This one was a lot smaller and more secluded. I found a hole in the sand that looked like a chair. I sat in it and it was surprisingly comfortable! We stayed there an hour or so and left in time to get the 5:00 ferry back home.