Buck Island View

Buck Island is 30-45 minutes away from our very own St.Croix. the reason why buck island is under national park service is because of the  reefs. The reefs are the protectors of Buck Island and its very important to the National Park Service. The highest point on buck island is 328 feet. Its 6,000 feet long and 2,500 feet wide. President Kennedy extended the island in 2001 because people would come and fish by the reefs. They then extended the reef again, a couple years later. When we visited buck island, we hiked half the island becaude time was limited.  After the hike, we went into the beautiful blue waters and had fun.

Archeologist, Mr .Torres

Mr.Torres was our very own tour guide when we visited salt river bay. He lived on st.croix for several years & has been studying our home during the time he lived here. He showed us the bio luminescent bay and inform us about the dinoflagellates that live in the bay and glows at night. He toured us around the whole area and we had a fantastic time. Thank you Mr . Torres!

Steeple Building

The steeple building is where we station every morning before we head off & do our tours. This building was consecrated in 1753. The Steeple Building was St.Croix first Lutheran Church. Later, it was a military bakery, community hall, hospital, and also a school. National Parks Service has restored the building & now its a museum on St.Croix.

V. Celeste Fahie

This a beautiful picture of our well educated tour guide, creator of Packaging St.Croix, and the co-director of this stewardship and ambassadors program. She works with non governmental organizations and facilitate our programmatic inclusion in the local school curriculum.  She is an amazing and helpful person to our home & our teen progam. We really appreciate her hard work and dedication.

Salt River Beach Hike

This is our view from the hike we took a few days back. Many people came here to look at diffrent trees, stones, sea animals, pottery, and many other historical items that were there. We were on our way to the beach to look at the different things. This view is amazing.

On the way to Buck Island

Do you see how beautiful this looks? We're moving forward to go to Buck Island and I looked back and saw the most beautiful historical sight I've ever seen. This is located at the East of the Christiansted Fort. This area was important because many ships came in from the east and the soldiers would be able to see and prepare for battle against the people on the ships.

Stewards and Ambassadors...

A Steward  is a person that dictates known knowledge to individuals who are less informed or knows nothing about the topic at point. Being able to learn the history of the island  and projecting it back to the community of what we learned is not only a great opportunity but a privilege. We have walked the Free Gut areas, of Christiansted and Frederiksted.  We have learned the history of both forts, Christanvaern  and Fort Frederik. Along with the life of the Indians that Christopher Columbus met and interacted with at Salt River Bay.

We hope the information that we share with you through this blog is stimulating and informative and it is inspiring enough for you to take a visit to our beautiful island if you don't already live here.