Sunny day!

I forgot to put sunscreen on my forearms. 

They are pretty red right now, though not as red as Emily's knees. And I really can't complain about a sunburn, since the forecast was for rain all week and instead we woke up to this- 

So, yeah, St. Thomas is awesome!!!

We arrived yesterday in the late afternoon. It was a little humid- we could tell it had very recently rained when we got off the plane- but it has since dried out. 

Today was completely gorgeous. We started the day with breakfast at Margaritaville. I thought I was fairly knowledgeable re: the Margaritaville franchise, as I have dined in their establishments in other tropical destinations, but this was something a little different. It was a whole Margaritaville-branded resort. Jimmy Buffett must have more money than God at this point. 

The restaurant and resort were actually both very nice, and the location right on the beach was lovely, but the food was just meh. 

After breakfast we returned to our resort, and hit our beach. 

Other than to occasionally go in the water, I did not move for several hours. 

I mean, can you blame me?

Sunburn? Worth it. Skipping lunch? Worth it. Sharing the beach with two iguanas* and this weird old guy? Um...

We finally pulled ourselves away from the beach** in the late afternoon, and did a little exploring of the island. We made our way to Drake's Seat to watch the sunset.  Per my vast internet research:

The bench is named after the British privateer Sir Francis Drake, who is said to have used the bay as an anchorage point for his ships and may have climbed to this vantage point as a way to identify ships to later plunder.

The sunset was kind of a bust as the bench faces north; equally disappointing, we did not see any plunderable ships. 

So we headed to a different overlook, this one facing roughly southwest over the city of Charlotte Amalie, and watched the sun go down from there. 

All in all, was a pretty great day! Now if the lady in the condo next to ours ever gets off the phone, I'll get some sleep and get ready for another busy day tomorrow.  I am definitely putting sunscreen on all extremities tomorrow. 

*Picture was taken while lying on my beach towel and with no zoom. That iguana was like 2 feet from me. Weird old guy was also closer than I would have preferred. 

**So there I was, ready to leave the beach, when we learned that it was just one beach down the road from the location used to film the Hannah and her Horse DirecTV commercials!!! Which you know Emily & I have been quoting nonstop since then. (https://youtu.be/EVgp62LGYr0, if you need a refresher)