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If you’ve been reading my blog, you know that I work at St. John Dental on St. John but also at the St. Thomas East End Community Health Center in Tutu Park Mall on St. Thomas. St. Thomas Community Health Center is a federally funded center serving low income families with quality health care. ItContinue reading “St. Thomas, Not Just Where I Work”

As you know I usually blog about St John or other places that I have traveled to but I have been so busy on my first week back home, I thought I would just share it with you. I know…..not that interesting… so you can stop reading at this point if you like😬 I leftContinue reading “My First Week Back Home”

So, we are moving to trails hiked closer to the middle and west end of St. John in this blog. This hike is to the America Hill Ruins. To get there, you take the Cinnamon Bay Trailhead which is across the street from Cinnamon Bay Beach and it is about a two hour hike upContinue reading “Some More Hiking on St. John and Goodbyes”

As I’ve mentioned before, our Freshwater church women’s group did a hike, snorkel and devotion about once a week. Some of these were difficult hikes like the Reef Bay Trail hike (*see one of my previous blogs for details on that misery) which I will not ever do again!!🤣 and others were very simple shortContinue reading “Come Hike Trails with Me”

So, between having the flu then Covid back to back, my April was pretty non-existent. It would be nice when you have to be off work and stay in your bedroom for 20 days to be able to get my taxes done. But the headache that came with both these illnesses didn’t really allow forContinue reading “Not My Typical Blog…(present day off)”

As much as I love being home in Valparaiso, Indiana for spring, summer and fall….there’s no better place to be in winter than St. John! This year I’m out of the ‘kombucha apartment’🤣 and moved into a great apartment I am sharing with EMT and firefighter, Brian. The drawback is I’m back in Gifft HillContinue reading “2017 Back on St. John and the Women’s March”

If you have been reading my blogs, you know I joined Freshwater Church on St. John. We meet at Hawksnest Beach every Sunday. Many tourists to the island will come to visit and many return year after year. Not only do we gather for worship but we spend time together after church sharing a potluckContinue reading “Easter Sunday and Mother’s Day Baptism”

The day after I returned from Puerto Rico, I moved into a new apartment. I had been camping out with Michelle until I had my ducks in a row. Well, the ducks are kind of in a row. As you know, I am working part-time for the only dentist on St. John at the aptlyContinue reading “New apartment, new venture”

It’s our last day in Puerto Rico and Jose will be joining us for the day and evening before we leave tomorrow. This generous man who we barely knew other than his occasional visit to Waterfront Bistro where Michelle works, a chance meeting on Tortola in the British Virgin Islands where we danced the nightContinue reading “Puerto Rico dream come true”

So since we have a rental car, we decided to do some exploring for the day and we take a trip to the other side of Puerto Rico. ROAD TRIP! 🚘🍿🥨🥤🧋🥪 🧺 🌊🏝⛰🏞 We venture out to Isabela to see the Guajataca Tunnel Park. The tunnel was constructed and used as a railway tunnel duringContinue reading “Exploring Puerto Rico”