Deb and I woke up to a power outage. The part of the island where we staying was out of power and would be for several hours. Apparently it a very common occurrence in the United States Virgin Islands. That meant one thing - Breakfast at the Beach Bar! Whoo Hoo! It seemed that we ate 75% of our meals at the Beach bar and we were consistently surprised how much we liked everything on the menu. Hats off to Reed and his staff.
After breakfast Jason, Rick and Chris arrived at the Beach Bar as we were leaving. We told them to meet us at Hawksnest Beach for some quality beach time and snorkeling. And off we went. The third beach in three days on our St.John beach tour.
Debra makes her own waves at Hawksnest Beach.
Hawksnest Beach is mostly coral reef. Right off the beach you have an abundance of reef in shallow water. We were amazed. We saw an tremendous amount of sea life without swimming in water above our waist. It was like we jumped into someone’s aquarium. It was something special. Chris and Jason made it to the beach right after we left.
And then she says to me, act natural…
When we got back to the house our power had been restored. Chris and Jason returned later and we all raved about how amazing Hawksnest Beach was. We all agreed that with only one more beach left, we had to go back to Hawksnest for an encore.
I wanna Whole Lotta Love for the Beach Bar!
We then headed back to the Beach bar for our 4th night. Dinner, set-up and then 3 hours of Beach Party Fun. We had it down. We dedicated our first song of the night (Simple Man) to our fearless leader Reed Compton. Reed, his Sherry and his staff are what you dream about when you are planning your trip. At no time could they be any more generous or accommodating.
We had Andrew Clarke do an encore performance. He played Come Together and Just what I Needed with Jaguar in the first set. It was great. He is a supremely talented all-around musician and will hopefully become a fixture in the local music scene. Jaguar will always have a spot on our stage for you Mr. Clarke.
All aboard the conga train!
The night was easily our best night of our trip. We were amazed how many people continued to come back night after night and spend part of their vacation with us. Even the Beach Bar staff on their off nights came to party with us. It was a big night filled with lots dancing, drinking, conga lines and limbo contests. It was Jaguar’s best night and we were thrilled to have one more tomorrow.