Aaron and his St. Croix gal

St. Croix was the first stop during a 26 out of 30 day adventure for me and the LiquidAssets.tv Crew. I thought it might be an uneventful one, but man was I wrong. Before my departure, my friend Dave commenced to tell me how great St. Croix was and I immediately changed the subject. I did not want to allow that excitement and overwhelming expectation make it seem less. I should have let him continue because his words nor mine can describe the great diving and atmosphere that our United States Virgin Island of St. Croix can provide. Let me tell you how I recall my journey with Cane Bay anyway, maybe I can get close.

Diving in St. Croix with Cane Bay Dive Shop was the very first destination that we scheduled for Season 1 of the show and it proved itself very worthy. We worked diligently and created a custom itinerary with the owners of Cane Bay Dive Shop, Hal and Suzanne Rosbach. This new itineary was one that toured the island on a bus that allows you to take it all in, taste some of the best rum in the world, experience the Moko Jumbie stilt walkers and if you are feeling adventurous, do as we did, stay in two different resorts during one stay, on one island. Oh yeah, don’t miss for me most important part of the ride, the bus takes you to see the beer drinking pig, yes I said that.

I had never done two resorts in one trip, on one island before but if it sounds attractive to you then just call Cane Bay and they can make it happen. Carambola and Divi Carina Bay resorts were both world-class accommodations with something unique to offer. Suzanne and Hal at Cane Bay have this island locked up and we could not have been more proud of our choice to stay and dive with them.

The best part was the stink we stirred by even approaching the subject to expand the options for divers on the Divi side of St. Croix. The idea that we thought could increase tourism to an area of the island that needs more of it died quickly. We wanted to do this with the idea of trying to institute the foundation to create a shark dive there and some of the closed minded folks put an end to that idea with fits and pouts.

I am glad the fishermen created Stingray City in Cayman and the operators have kept that going. I am glad the shark lovers of the Bahamas set up the most popular and educational shark dive in the region years ago. If these pioneers had not, these businesses that allow divers to see the same marine life over and over again, the operators that profit from that instead of catching and selling the creatures of the ocean would have been stopped because of mostly unproven theories. The people who could have help with our attempt to increase tourism and knowledge for the people of St. Croix chose instead to keep that progress in Davey Jones locker. Que sera sera!

I found myself diving with great white sharks on the Nautilus Explorer at the end of my 26-day journey and I smiled a huge smile knowing that St. Croix was better than I ever thought it would be. I knew this because this smile and thought of St. Croix came when I was in a cage surrounded by great white sharks. Not to say that the trip on the Nautilus was not life changing, it was. I think you know that my point was that a destination has to be strong to take your mind off of something like that for even one second. It takes a place like the great addition to season one of Into The Drink, Cane Bay Dive Shop and St. Croix, our first choice.

Randy C. Harris
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