Happy Fourth of July!

This past July 4th, we were on our cruise, stopping for the day in St. Maarten/St. Martin. Half of the island (St. Maarten) is Dutch. Half of the island (St. Martin) is French. Locals on both sides spoke English and took American Dollars. In St. Martin, they also flew American flags proudly! But maybe that was just for the day. And really, that was just at Orient Beach. The capital city of Marigot had just about every other flag, but no American.


If our cruise ship tries to leave port, the Dutch at Ft. Amsterdam will sink it!


Over on the French side of the island, the Ft. Louis cannons pointed every which way, but I knew our ship was protected by the Dutch, so I need not fear.


Cupecoy Beach, on the Dutch side, didn't have much of a beach. We were probably there near high tide.

Pretty, though! (That's Chunlin's photo, by the way.)

It rained on us at Friar's Bay, but we went swimming anyhow.

The ocean was still warm.

I'm slowly processing our honeymoon photos, but you can see what all's been posted at flickr.