March15th is the date of this year's annual St Patty's Parade in Christiansted. Usually starts between 11.00am and 1pm so get into town before 11 since the floats will block up all the roads. It is a really fun parade with bands playing in all the bars and everyone dressed in green. The parade is only kid-friendly to a degree so be wary of lots of drinking, beer in the streets etc...etc...Stay out of town that day if want to avoid such things.

No Harbor Nights anymore since the cruise ships dock very rarely. Last time we had something remotely similar to fun of Harbor Night was when the Blues cruise docked last month. I don't know of any future cruise ship dockings until 2009.

Snorkeling from shore is good all over the north shore if it is not too choppy and off the West End. Don't go to any remote beaches unless with a large group of people.

I am personally a bit cynical about fishing from shore in non-remote places where there are likely to be other people that could be inadvertently hooked or just shore fishing in general. Our fish populations have been severally decimated (especially reef fish) many people wouldn't be too happy with you taking any of the remaining fish. They are worth a lot to the tourism industry alive and pretty for divers and snorkelers to look at as well as being critical for the health of our coral reefs/oceans.

Hello,

There are usually Easter Egg hunts. When you arrive, pick up the newspaper called St. Croix Happenings and the booklet St. Croix this Week; both are available at the airport. You'll find information on events and activities going on for the month in those publications.

You can buy fresh veges at Southgate Farm. Not aware of any spots where you can pick fruits yourself, there are road side vendors selling local fruits.

You could visit the Botanical Gardens to learn about local flowers, fruits, herbal plants. http://www.sgvbg.org/

--Islander

Hi,
We are arriving at STX on March 13th...just to make sure we hit the St Patties Day parade...again. Like another poster said. Kid friendly to a point. No problem for kids except, lots of drinking but not too bad really. Our 15 month old grandson will be with us....but he does like to dance.:-) You may want to hit the BBQ at Hotel on the Cay on Tuesday night with a jumbie dancer, fire-eater, pan band etc. Very fun on the little Protestant Cay. (That's where we stay). Check the weekly pamphlets that are distrubuted all over for events of the week.

I'm told snorkeling is also very good off Protestant Cay.