Jaguar has now made 6 trips to St. Thomas since we reunited in 2019. We have always scheduled one “Boat Day” with Ryan Diehl and his charter company Sail With Liberty. It is scheduled on the last full day of our stay. It is a way for Jaguar to celebrate our trip with a day on the ocean. This boat day we were joined by Lourdes and Nathan McGlone. Yes, that’s right. We had 3 of the 4 members of the world famous Lourdes and the Switch. (Captain Ryan Diehl happens to be the drummer) . That means we almost had 2 full bands on one boat.
We met Ryan at American Yacht Harbor and hopped in the his dinghy to board his catamaran Justice. 1st Mate Cassie was waiting for us. This would be our first time sailing with Cassie. Hopefully she would make it to the end of the day. Spoiler Alert - She finished the cruise and did not punch one band member in the face. We headed to St. John. It was a beautiful day to be sailing on a boat with some of my best friends in the world. We anchored near Honeymoon Beach. We dinghyed to shore. Lourdes, Nathan, Jason hung out on the beach. Chris, Rick, Debra, Ryan and I put our gear on and went snorkeling. Wow! What a day! We were swimming with the fishes! This area is our go to spot when we are sailing with Ryan. This is one of the few times he jumped in the water with us. At one point he waved to Deb and I to follow him. We swam over to a section of the beach in front of Caneel Bay. We had never snorkeled this section of the beach before. It was outstanding. Deb and I agreed that it was the best snorkel experience we ever had in the Caribbean. Yes, that good. On the way back to the shore we stopped to watch 2 turtles eat sea grass. Turtle watching never gets old.
We all gathered back to The Justice for lunch. After lunch we sailed back to St. Thomas. We said our sad goodbyes to Nathan, Lourdes and Captain Ryan. As always, it was another fabulous day floating on the ocean with our friends.
The last supper toast
We headed back to the house for the band’s last dinner together. It has become a tradition that we share this meal and reflect back on the joy of our trip. After dinner I ask everyone a set of questions. It allows everyone to reflect on thier favorite parts of the trip. It is funny, surprising and always heartfelt. Rick prepared another amazing dinner. Who knew our private chef could also sing? I know right? We answered the questions and prizes were handed out. It was a 3 way tie for the best answers. What a long exciting day. It was a great ending to another very successful trip. Goodnight St. Thomas. See you in my dreams.