Virgin Islands, from February 2017

Here are some notes from a recent trip, to get away for a few days in winter. 

On St. Thomas, leaving Charlotte Amalie for Red Hook, to catch the ferry to St. John, where we spent most of our visit. 

Leaving Charlotte Amalie

 Our campsite was at Cinnamon Bay, here's the view a few steps from where we stayed. We had a few rain days, but took advantage of the sun being out each chance we got.

Cinnamon Bay

We took a looooooong hike (15 miles) across the island to Reef Bay to visit ruins, petroglyphs, and this old sugar mill. Lots of bats, very interesting old structures. The steppes used to raise sugar we still apparent all the way down the side of the mountain to the shore.

I couldn't resist the video, I've never seen a hermit crab take a drink, so here you are. You're welcome.

Big old gears that used to power the mill, strewn about inside the ruin. They provide some parkour challenges for the hermit crabs in-residence. I didn't get any good portable photos of the bats. Just look for the guano and you will find a group nestling together to sleep until evening. 

Looking back up to the mill, from the large circle where donkeys would've powered the giant grinder to break down raw sugar cane to get ready to make sugar and rum.