When’s the last time you played hooky?

The other afternoon Eric and I decided the day was too beautiful to not enjoy it by being outside. So, we left a ton of office work to go to the beach. It felt so great to blow-off the afternoon and go for a swim on a hot Caribbean summer day. The ocean was beyond refreshing and I still don’t regret it for a second. I highly recommend playing hooky one of these summer days.

Francis Bay Walking Trail

I love walking; it helps clear my head and relaxes me. When I was young my mother and I would always go for a long walk and talk about life on the old railroad bed in front of our house. These days my walks have been along the Francis Bay Trail.

The Francis Bay Trail on St John is a fabulous little walk that only takes about 15 minutes and is less than half a mile. My favorite section of the walk is the boardwalk that starts at Francis Bay Beach Parking lot and is right in front of the salt pond. The National Park put the boardwalk in to make the slat pond wheel chair accessible. The salt pond is an amazing little spot for bird watching. The National Park is offering a guided tour  by a Park Ranger this Friday. The event is called “Discover Bird Watching” and will be looking at the different species of birds found in the dry tropical forest, salt pond, and along the ocean shoreline. Please call the National Park Office for details at 340 776 6201.

The Francis Bay Trail also has some great ruins that are easy to access, click HERE to see photos of the Francis Bay Ruins.

It’s the little things in life that make the day to day more exciting and enjoyable. Sometimes it’s hard to start something new, change your routine, or simply approach the everyday from a new angle. But making one little change within the routine of day to day can make things feel fresh.

Here are a few new discoveries or rediscoveries that have made my week better:

1. Walking to the beach in the morning to drink a hot cup of tea.

2. Listening to The Roots album, “How I got Over”.

3. Looking at Alison Sexton’s photographs.

4. Snacking on frozen strawberries.

5. Finding a new CPA called Dolly (thanks to my facebook friends.)

6. Dreaming about the possibility of photographing a wedding on a yacht in the Grenadines.

7. My nail polish of choice this week is Essie’s “Nice is Nice”.

8. Favorite movie of the week is “Happy Tears”.

The photographs above are of Francis Bay Beach on St John. I’m lucky enough to live walking distance to this amazing piece of paradise.