A couple weeks ago we made the realization that our time (as in, time to just us) on St. John would soon be coming to an end. With the arrival of an out of town guest joining us in running 8 Tuff Miles tomorrow (an appropriately named run that crosses the island from Cruz […]
Answers to Your Questions
One recent evening we asked on Twitter & Facebook for questions you had for us. Many where things we’ve addressed before. So seemed like a great time to put together a post that helps you explore our archives from our past years of travel. Q 1: How can I earn an income on the road, […]
Kinda Sorta But Not Really in the USA
Part of our appeal in wintering in the St. John was that it’s a US Territory in the US Virgin Islands – thus not requiring nearly the amount of logistical challenges as living in another country might pose. No visa, passport, currency exchange, postal logistics, pet quarantine or language barriers, for instance. And while we’re […]
Where are you from?
A week or so ago we were attending a small musical performance not far from our seasonal rental cottage on St. John. As entertainers often do to generate repoire and energy with their audience, the main singer asks where people are from. He goes around the courtyard asking the short term tourists where they’re visiting […]
St. John: Underwater
Our holiday gift to ourselves was a way to take pictures underwater of our snorkeling adventures here on St. John. We looked at an underwater housing for my beloved Canon SD780 and a variety of waterproof digital cameras. We ultimately decided on the FujiFilm XP10, which is water, dust, freeze and shock proof – and […]
Things we’re not missing about RV’ing…
As some may have noticed by reading between the lines, this past year some aspects of our RV-based nomadic lifestyle began to wear a bit thin for us. After four years (five for Chris!) on the road together, our ping-pong route between Florida, St. Louis, Burning Man, and San Francisco had begun to develop ruts, […]
Our St. John Cost of Living
While Chris and I don’t stress about trying to follow a budget (our life is too variable!), a data geek like me enjoys tracking expenses and analyzing trends. We have a cost log published going back a couple years, and we know that many people have found it valuable to get a real-world example of […]
More Epic! More Awesome!
Since the start of the new year, I’ve seen a several prominent bloggers and tweeters asking that the words ‘Epic’ and ‘Awesome’ be removed from the blogging vocabulary in 2011. And sure, it is true that some folks are guilty of overusing these superlatives to describe things that are truthfully rather mundane. It may occasionally […]
A Day on St. Thomas
Last week we decided it was time to have an adventure off of St. John, and headed over to St. Thomas. There are people and car ferries that run just about every hour between Cruz Bay (the more populated side of St. John) and St. Thomas. It was also time for us to do a […]
Bad Boys House Ruins – St. John, USVI
We’ve been enjoying exploring many of the hiking trails and ruins from the sugar plantation days of St. John, and over the weekend we took the Johnny Horn Trail from Coral Bay over to Leinster Bay. This trail quickly ascends straight up over an island hill, with nearly 500 ft in rapid elevation gain. Definitely […]
