Visitors Report on Unforgettable St. John Vacation

The Corazzo Family, photo by Thia Muilenburg

We spent a week in Saint John at Stonegarden Cottage. First let me say that the Muilenburgs, who own the property, are some of the nicest people we've met on our travels. This was the perfect place for our family (it didn't hurt that our seven-year-old daughter Emma hit it off instantly with the Muilenburg's daughter). We love nature, and we felt like we were staying in a tree house up high on the mountain overlooking beautiful Coral Bay.

    Every day on Saint John was an adventure, without the stress. Emma snorkeled for the first time at Trunk Bay (it was great hearing her exclamation of surprise through her snorkel tube the first time a giant purple parrot fish swam by!). We thoroughly enjoyed all the wildlife on the island, especially seeing a giant manta ray glide under our kayak in Francis Bay. We even saw some green sea turtles stick their heads up out of the water! Of course the beaches on Saint John are some of the most beautiful we've ever seen, and we didn't get to see nearly as many of them as we would have liked.

    One night we went to a drum jam at Cinnamon Bay. Unbeknownst to us, after we spent all night learning to play the drums, we found out that instructor Eddie Bruce is originally from Saint Paul, Minnesota, where we're from! I thought, Wow, it really is a small world, and that is how we came away from Saint John, feeling like we were leaving a real community. You can't say that about every travel destination these days. We will be back to Saint John!  

-- Amy Farrar, Paul and Emma Corazzo, March, 2012