Last Night With Criss, Amber, & Emma

January 4 - 5

For our last night with our friends, we decided to go out to dinner at the Spice Mill restaurant. We anchored in White House Bay after our day of unsuccessful fishing, and snorkeled for a while before showering and getting ready for dinner. The nearest dingy dock to our anchorage was the Christophe Harbor marina dock that was under development. We all jumped in the dingy, and headed over to the dock which turned out to be a pretty rocky and wet ride! Luckily we had our navigation light and Gene's headlamp because there was a boat coming out of the marina entrance as we arrived. We landed on the dock and were welcomed by two men that were waiting on the dock for another boat. After introducing ourselves and talking to the guys, we realized that one of the guys was a directing manager of the Christophe Harbor marina who is managing the development of the new mega-yacht marina. He was very kind but immediately warned us that we'd have to be moving quickly because they have a “high profile” guest coming in and the “security teams” can't have anyone else in the area. He was referring to the owners of the 400-ft yacht (easily one of the largest yachts in the world) that anchored a quarter of a mile behind us in White House Bay that evening at sunset. He worked with us to quickly get us a cab. We were all extremely intrigued by who this “high profile” guest might be, and we were eager to google the yacht anchored behind us to find out more about its owners. We later discovered that the yacht, Serence, was one of the top 5 biggest yachts in the world, and it was owned by a Russian vodka company owner. We thought it might belong to the Google owner or possibly the owner of Limited Inc Brands (Victoria's Secret, Express, The Limited, etc) who were both rumored to be on yachts around St. Kitts.

The next day, we headed back to the marina at Port Zante to drop off Criss, Amber, and Emma. We had such a great time with them and were so happy that they came to visit! It was sad to say goodbye. We hope that after this trip Criss catches tons of huge fish that are not barracuda, Amber becomes an expert paddle-boarder on a lake somewhere, and Emma remembers how much she loves dingy rides, jumping on the nets, and the group clap!

We got to experience some “Bests Of The Trip” so far with the Vanderburgs during their visit:

• Best Sunset
• Best Full Moon
• Best Fireworks Display
• Biggest Mega-Yacht Sighting