St. John USVI
This morning I was surprised to find the Captain was up and was doing my work. He had light the fire under the coffee and T pot and I had been replaced. Apparently there were repercussions to my revolt of the previous morning...We find ourselves moored for the duration of our vacation here in Francis Bay, the only thing better would be a life sentence.
St. John was found by the Europeans in the 1700's and was developed for sugar cane and refineries. It was held by Denmark until 1917 when it was purchased by the United States. It wasn't until the 1930s that tourism began to develop here.
Laurence Rockefeller donated 5000 acres of the island to become a National Park and it remains so to this day. Since then other donations have been made and presently the Virgin Islands National Park includes 7200 acres of land and 5600 acres of underwater lands.
Above the bay there are tourists living in platforms in the trees. They call them tents and they pay a large number of dollars to have this privilege.
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