Category Archives: 2012 Season

Working on a Book.

Posted on February 10, 2013 by John Boyd

Well it’s been a busy year so far and I can’t believe almost 6 weeks have passed since since my excessive New Year’s Celebration. So far this year, I have averaged about 3.5 miles per day and covered 144 miles … Continue reading →

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Sugarloaf Hill, Goat Hills and St. Croix’s East End Park System.

Posted on July 6, 2012 by John Boyd

The only thing rarer than meeting other hikers in this area of St. Croix is getting rain on a hike. This rugged area is generally avoided by most visitors and locals except for a quick ride up the hill to … Continue reading →

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Walking with Wonder & A Long Healthy Life Free of Alzheimer’s

Posted on May 13, 2012 by John Boyd

After my first three years of marriage (1969), I started gaining weight and my children pretty much loved me the way I was, which was somewhere around 235 pounds. At 5 foot 8 inches that gives a Body Mass Index … Continue reading →

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The Nature Concervancy – Estate Little Princess Greathouse, St. Croix

Posted on August 16, 2011 by John Boyd

The plantation system of the Virgin Islands is very well documented with the Danes having kept incredibly detailed records of their period of colonial rule of the Islands. Scholars have been studying these records and The St. Croix Landmark Society … Continue reading →

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Point Udall @ Et Stykke Land, St. Croix

Posted on April 19, 2011 by John Boyd

100 Million Years of History  Et Styke Land is the name of the estate at the Eastern most end of St. Croix in the US Virgin Islands and it’s history was pretty much written in stone 100 million years ago … Continue reading →

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St. Croix and 2000 Years of Imported plants

Posted on March 29, 2011 by John Boyd

On my walk through Princess from the Palms Hotel to Quality Market and back, I was able to count 47 different plants I could identify by their common name. Once that is done, it is relatively easy to find the … Continue reading →

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