Anyone Been to St. John Recently? (Paging VABuckeye)

Youre gonna have a great time. the schedule you have looks great and the days with nothing planned always turn out fine.

We ate out each night but did breakfast and packed picnics from the rental. Buying food on SJ island isn't easy...perhaps check for better food options on St Thomas before you catch the ferry?

Been there many times. Willy T’s is cool if you want to jump in the water. The Indians is really great to snorkel around. The Baths…..take a noodle from the boat. The swim in from the mooring ball can be a challenge.

I’ve seen a lot of things in my life but the Baths (Virgin Gorda) are really something.

Don’t just see it from the waterside, make sure to walk up through it.

It’s other-worldly.

Foxy’s on Jost has some evidence of LSU folks previously being there. Bring a pennant or flag of your favorite team to hang there.

Have a great time.

I was last there in November but I didn’t wear my “Family Counselor” hat.

I wanted a place that served hard drinks to men who wanted to get drunk fast, not some Flaming Rum Punch drinkers.

Thank y'all for the responses! I'm just getting back on to check these. Glad to hear the itinerary looks solid, I didn't want to over plan, but also wanted to make sure we had some idea of what we were doing and when, etc.

I tried to book ZoZo last night, but they are closed for the season :(. I did book a table at La Tapa for Friday night, looking forward to that. We'll probably try to go to one more "nice" dinner while we're there. Some of the group isn't showing up until Wednesday, so it makes planning a bit trickier, but we'll figure it out.

If anyone has been to Lovango, is it worth doing? I know there are reports of it being pricey, but we could possibly check it out on Saturday if it is worth it to go over there. I also don't want to try and do too much, and just make sure we have open time for relaxing, so maybe not. Also, when planning our charter activity, I booked extra time for us to be able to get out to either Saba Rock or Bitter End (ideally both, but not sure if there will be enough time), we'll be skipping Jost this day, so it should be doable. If you had to pick one to go check out, what would you say? My general thought is that we will head straight to the Baths after clearing customs and then will go to one or the other for lunch/drinks.

As far as packing goes, outside of things like reef-safe sunscreen, bug spray, and other beach related acoutrements, is there anything you'd recommend bringing?

Those that have hiked, do you have any suggestions? We aren't looking for any sort of crazy elevation changes, but an easy to moderate hike with something cool at the end would be nice. I had heard doing Ram's Head at full moon is really cool, any word on that?

As far as beaches go, I really like to snorkel and am bringing my gear down, I think the others might be a little less experienced. I had planned on doing Trunk Bay with the underwater trail, and Maho to see the turtles. I know those are probably the 2 most crowded spots. Are there some others you'd recommend? Cinnamon? Haulover? Honeymoon? Etc? (Eta: just saw Hawksnest, will add to the list!)

Again, really appreciate all the responses! I know this is a bit more of a "do it yourself" trip, and am just hoping to be able to educate myself as much as possible before getting on the island. Thanks y'all!

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I did book a table at La Tapa for Friday night, looking forward to that.

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We were just there in April, and I think La Tapa is my favorite restaurant there.

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Cinnamon?

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We liked this beach a lot.

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We were just there in April, and I think La Tapa is my favorite restaurant there.

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Huge tapas guy, so I'm glad to hear this!! Will probably try to get a table at Extra Virgin or Morgan's Mango another night. I think we're going to grab steaks from Costco and bring them down in a cooler for meals at the villa, and then just wing it other nights.

Did Exuma a few years ago, stayed next to Blu on the Water there and the restaurant would bring us meals to our little place. It was AWESOME. We were always tired after being out on the boat all day, so we did this a few times. Was so nice to just show up and be able to place a food order without having to worry about going anywhere. I don't want to plan dinners on big excursion days just based off of this previous experience. I figure it will be the same deal in St. John.

Oh cool, had heard of Francis Bay in my research, but hadn't seen too many reports. Thanks, we'll add it to the list! 1862 as well, the view from there looks outstanding.

Thanks for the tips! Was that Annaberg you were talking about? Might skip that then.