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• Caneel Bay - We stayed in Lyne House, which is an NPS-owned property right on Caneel Bay, west of the Caneel Bay Resort. What a fantastic place!
• Island Tour - We circumnavigated St. John in an NPS boat, on a patrol with Troy Williams and Robert.
• Lameshur Bay - When Robert leaves his temporary house at Caneel Bay, he'll live in an NPS house above Little Lameshur Bay, on the remote, arid southeastern side of St. John.
• Ram Head - I climbed to the southernmost point on St. John, Ram Head. The highlight, however, was the fantastic snorkeling near Saltpond Bay. If you hike to "Blue Cobblestone Beach", which is about a mile past Saltpond Beach, you'll have great access to the fantastic coral and fish displays among the deep underwater canyons.
• Reef Bay - The best hike on the island descends from Centerline Road to the Reef Bay sugar mill. You can swim in Genti Bay and check out the ancient petroglyphs.
• Trunk Bay - Trunk Beach is the island's most famous -- and popular. Crowded or not, the beach is the most beautiful I've ever seen. Snorkeling around Trunk Cay is interesting, but the water was turbid on our visit.
• Virgin Gorda snorkel trip - We sprung for the guided snorkel tour to Virgin Gorda and Norman Island. Virgin Gorda had some really cool granite boulders. Huge, like Joshua Tree at the beach. We went to some underwater caves at Norman Island.
• Waterlemon Cay - A great snorkeling trip goes to Waterlemon Cay, which is at the northern end of Leinster Bay.
• Whistling Cay - We kayaked from Cinnamon Beach to Whistling Cay, which has the ruins of an old Customs House. While the water was a bit rough for snorkeling, we greatly enjoyed being on the water for a couple hours. Great fun.

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