Vacation in St. John

     

     Over my school's recent February break, my family and I went down to St. John and stayed at the house of my grandmother's friend Sally. My grandmother goes there every year during January and February, and we where meeting her there for the week. During the vacation, I spent a lot of time reading, snorkeling, and playing board and card games. I had a great time enjoying the warm temperatures and relaxing.

     To get to St. John, we had to do a lot of traveling, involving us waking up at 4:00 a.m. and arriving in St. John around 5:00. We took a flight to Charlotte, and another flight from there to St. Thomas. We then had to drive all the way across St. Thomas, take a ferry to St. John, and drive all the way back across St. John.

     Over our vacation, I snorkeled four or five times, and saw some amazing coral and small, colorful fish. I also saw a sea turtle and a few skates. My dad and I saw a school of over a hundred purple and black fish swim underneath us.  Unfortunately, some of the coral I saw was dead and not colorful, but the reefs were still very cool.

     While on St. John, I had the chance to try conch and johnnycakes, both of which I had never had before. I didn't really like the conch, but I think that was just due to sauce that was served on it. For anyone that doesn't know, johnnycakes are a type of bread that tasted like a donut, a bagel, and a pretzel combined. They can filled with many things, both sweet and savory. I liked the johnnycakes.

     The rest of the time I spent on St. John, which wasn't much, was filled with the playing of Go, Rummikub, and Magic: The Gathering, as well as reading books.

I will be starting again at CSCL tomorrow!

Max