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Wedding
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knew Cousteau hadn’t exaggerated: though hurricane season damaged some of the native coral, plenty of marine life survived and thrived, rainbow fishes nibbled and pecked at the multi-hued reefs as we paddled along the surface of protected Hurricane Hole. The television was not missed.
Rev. Smith performed a seamless Episcopal ceremony, replete with a gently evangelical homily, grabbing our two “witnesses” off the street: with a population of just 3,500, everybody knows everybody. One of our witnesses, “snowbird” (or winter resident) Rosie Koonce took us to a local dive for lunch, quietly arranging Virgin Island wedding cake (a native spice concoction) for later. Married life was off to a good start.
St. John attractions
The 12,900-acre national park (5,600 of it underwater) is filled with a wellmaintained (and well-marked, and wellmapped) trail system, sugar mill plantation ruins, an amphitheater for daily educational programs and even a marked underwater scuba “trail.” When we tired of hiking, we explored the dozens of sand beaches. Access to some is from public parking areas; others require a hike to reach and are therefore virtually uninhabited (and clothing optional.)
Day and sunset sails are available; deep-sea fishing,, scuba trips, day or night, and snorkeling all make use of
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