2011-11-9  St. Thomas:

Wed., Nov. 9th, was St. Thomas day.  I had rented a car so we could hit several beaches.  Again our snorkeling plans were foiled, but we did get to snorkel a couple hours at Cowpet Bay between lightening storms.  Angie had stayed at the Wyndham Elysian resort at Cowpet Bay not long before and told us the snorkeling there was great.  She was right!  I never would have picked this beach if she hadn't told us about it.  You can't find much of anything about it online.  Seems Coki and Megan's Bay are the only places the cruise ships go.  The sun never did really come out so I was disappointed I didn't get to see the gorgeous beaches as seen in pictures, but we still had a great time.

                                         note the lobsters under the rock

                                                 here is a school of squid

During the lightening storm, we drove over to Sapphire Beach to check it out. Unfortunately lightening and water don't mix, so I just got to look at it longingly.  That's another place the internet says to go to for snorkeling.

To wait out the storm awhile longer, we went to Duffy's Love Shack in Red Hook and had lunch. My teriyaki burger was phenomenal, as were the fru fru drinks Angie and I got that come in take home ceramic containers.

 The lightening stopped while we were eating lunch, so we hurried up and ate and were then headed back to Cowpet Bay by the Elysian for another hour of snorkeling before having to head back to the ship.

So it wasn't the greatest day weatherwise, but we weren't going to let that dampen our spirits.  It just made us more anxious to come back there---for a land vacation!