Beginning our excursions in St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands

St. Thomas resort, as viewed from our catamaran

Blowing down the coast of St. Thomas

One of our crew members

We had a very young crew!

We were one of three ships in port

The front of our ship, the Serenade of the Seas

The glass area in the center is where the lobby elevators are

Our Royal Caribbean cruise ship

Nice boat!

We took a ferry to St. John, USVI

Dockside shops in St. John, USVI

Trunk Bay on St. John, USVI

Near this island is an underwater snorkel trail

Like those shades of blue?

Trunk Bay was a beautiful location for a beach stop

What are these wavy things? There are no waves in Tahiti!

Trunk Bay is popular, but not too crowded when we arrived

Mmmm....Caribbean blue

More views of Trunk Bay on St. John

Trunk Bay

Trunk Bay

Trunk Bay

Trunk Bay

Trunk Bay

Trunk Bay....see Danielle walking away in the pink wrap?

Trunk Bay

Last couple of shots....just too pretty to leave

Our taxi driver had a fascination with shells

See the rest of the shells in the reflection?

Decoration using colorful thumbtacks

Danielle on our catamaran ride

Our snorkeling/catamaran guide

Some interesting yellow coral

Our whole catamaran jumped on in

Brittle sea star in Jaime's hand

Tiny sea turtle...only about 1.5 feet long (on his shell)

Isn't he cute?

Swimming away

We got to watch him for a while

Nice full-body shot

Another snorkeler, trying to touch our friend the turtle

This ship made the mistake of running from the Coast Guard

The ship ran upon the rocks and sank

It's been on the bottom since the 1970's

Danielle's checking out the wreck

Here's the front of the ship

Danielle sees a barracuda in the wreck

Tiny fish....to the left is a barracuda

Our transportation for the day...the Castaway Girl

I'm not a huge sailing fan, but this was a cute boat

Our catamaran dropped a set of stairs right into the water

This is the beginning of the underwater snorkeling trail at Trunk Bay

Here are some fish colors!

There were thousands of tiny blue/grey fish

Neat fan of coral

He's coming right for us!

Another stop on the trail

Looks windy, doesn't it?

The fish made interesting patterns underwater

At points, the number of fish was almost overwhelming

More fish!

Can you see the blue stripes?

Mmm....sardines

Aren't they cute?

Big fish hidden by the tiny ones

Nice yellow stripe

These fish were almost friendly

Brain coral surrounded by tiny fish

The green/purple plant is a sea fan

More brain coral

Lots of different species

Follow that fish!

Danielle following the trail

Trunk Bay beach from the water

Good thing I have monkey-arms

There were some really cool shades in this guy's fins

The colors were awesome

These guys had racing stripes

Getting ready to take off

Fish drag race!

Sea urchins

I'm not sure what this guy was, but he was hanging out near the surface

Notice the blue guy at the top.....barracuda family, maybe?

Blue on green

Thousands of fish

Swarm, swarm!

Obscuring the sea floor

Sea fans and fish

You're going to need something bigger to hide behind

Rays of light illuminating the fish

Yes, more fish

Huge brain coral

Danielle's coming right for me!

Another trail sign

Isn't it great when nature is labeled for us?

I'm a big fan of the brain coral, so I had to take this pic

See the dead part in the middle?

Chillin' in the water

Self-portrait

Nice palm tree