Another short trip to St. Croix for my 67th birthday. I left New York at 66 and returned at 67. How you like that?
I left on JetBlue flight 1503 from JFK at 11:39 p.m. I arrived in San Juan at about 3:30 a.m. and at 7:30 a.m. left on Seaborne flight 3512 for St. Croix. I left St. Croix at 6 p.m. on flight 3557. At about 8:30 p.m. I left San Juan on JetBlue's flight 1904. All flights left on time.
This trip was especially important since I was able to see some of the effects of Hurricane Maria had on the island in September 2017.
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Leaving San Juan, Puerto Rico
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St. Croix from plane. Pier and a portion of F'sted.
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Many of the blue roofs are actually a plastic cover (tarp) since the houses lost their roofs during the hurricane.
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The following photos taken from inside car as we drove from airport to cemetery.
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Huge mahogany tree toppled.
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Prince Street, corner of Queen Cross Street. The huge tamarind tree next to Anglican Church was destroyed.
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The following photos taken from inside the cemetery.
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Before the hurricane most of the houses on the lower part of the hil were not visible.
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I left the cemetery and began a walking tour. This house is adjacent to the cemetery
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Baobab tree. See any fruit on the tree?
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Old Danish School with St. Patrick's at a distance.
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Market Street. Was once a post office, police station, and restaurant.
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Originally Brow Soda. Corner of King and Market Streets.
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King Street. Where Padilla once had his office.
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Building on King Cross Street
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King Cross, corner of Prince Street.
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How old was the huge tamarind tree that once stood here?
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Corner of Prince and Queen Cross Streets. Notice that the house on the right appears not to have been touched by the hurricane.
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Left - House on Queen Cross Street where my family lived for a while. Right - Where Taco once lived.
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Left - House on eastern corner of Hospital and Queen Cross Streets. Right - The additions to the Christian house. Fisher Street.
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Left - Post office being repaired. Right/below - Beautiful artwork at the bus stop by Harrigan Court Housing Community.
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Whim Greathouse. Entire roof gone!
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What is left of Sprat Hall restaurant on the beach.
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What was once a gas station across from Sunshine Mall.
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Roofless hanger being used to store debris close to runway.
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King Cross Street, between Queen and Prince Streets. Also see St. Croix 23.
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The original house, before the additions to the back were made, can be seen on St. Croix 22.
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Views like this seen all over F'sted. Many trees have been trimmed.
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In 2017 the view north from Ma's grave was limited due to the many trees. This year the view is from one end to the next.
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One of the trees that blocked the view north now toppled.
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The cemetery wall has been damaged in a few places.
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The roots of the tree at left.
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Steeple of St. Paul's Episcopal Church on Prince Street, close to King Cross Street
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Sunset - What we saw as we landed in San Juan.
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This and next two photos taken with
Samsung J7. Foreground, Ma's tomb.
What was once a gate on King Cross and East Streets.
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North side. Davis Bay/Carambola Beach Resort?
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St. Croix's airport, Seaborne plane. Waiting to connect in San Juan. Cell phone used to take photo.
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July 2nd - While going through my photo albums looking for photos of the Clover Crest Hotel (Hams Bluff, Frederiksted, St. Croix), I came across these two postcards. According to the cards there are of Frederiksted and Christiansted around 1850.
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(c) R & R Trading, Inc., St. Thomas.
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Cattle in the bay, birds in the air and a fishermen with a seine. Is that Fort Frederik on the right?
And how do you like the spelling of Frederiksted?
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Wall around St. Paul's collapsed, Prince Street.
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