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vate ceremony during the month of December — that left only the locale to be selected. Family friends that have vacation homes there encouraged us to consider St. John. Being a U.S. territory, there are no special requirements to transfer a marriage license from St. John, no tests, no bloodwork, no fuss, no muss. They use the U.S. dollar, speak English and American comforts such as ice cream stands and full-service gas stations are available.
Tb this Harold agreed. He is an avid scuba diver, sport fisherman and rock climber, and further inquiries to another friend who runs a deep sea fishing charter there opened up the possibilities of these activities and more on the small island.
St. John is just nine miles long and two miles wide, but its volcanic origin formed mountains reaching 1,300 feet that make the actual land mas* seem far larger. In addition, sailor La .vrence Rockefeller fell in love with the inland when travelling there in the 1950s, and to protect it from the growth that he saw threatening nearby St. Thomas, Rockefeller purchased almost three-quarters of the island and gave it to the U.S. government for protection as a national park, established in 1956.
The parkland encompasses the
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