Newest St John villa swimming pool - soon come!

Last week was sure a  busy one getting ready for the concrete pour on Friday. We had 5 huge concrete trucks arrive on Friday morning, starting at 7:30 AM. Getting the concrete to the construction site was a challenge in that the concrete truck could not make it up the steep temporary construction road from the west to get to where they had to pour the concrete so the concrete had to be pumped through large hoses (like a fire hose) to carry the liquid concrete about 100' to the site. To make sure that we did not get concrete all over our sidewalk and patios Dave Carlson's crew covered our patio and walkway with plywood and tarps and even had one person available whose sole job was to make sure no concrete spilled on the patio.  None did!

The morning started off gray and rainy which is not a bad thing when you are pouring concrete -- actually, it is better to have a bit of rain than hot, hot sun which might cure the concrete too quickly:

A concrete pumper truck in the Villa parking area. The sidewalk is nicely protected.

As is the Villa pool patio

The hoses to carry the concrete are connected

We are ready to pump and pour!

Carlson Construction crew spreads the concrete

The guys worked fast before the 'crete hardened

Lots of great detailing

The two white 'dots' are the pool drains

Looking good

It's a wrap! for the day that is

Five concrete trucks with 42 yards of concrete -- just for the pool floor!  This is going to be one solid swimming pool! Now, onto forming the walls.  The guys deserved a great, long, Labor Day weekend!

Well done!

Summertime on St John is relaxed yet lots (or nothing) to do

Come to St John and watch magnificent sunsets like this one...

Sunsets on St John are spectacular especially as captured by photographer extraordinare Steve Simonsen

June/July News flashes & fun St John clips:

• Carnival season is 'rapping' up with a traditional Caribbean parade and big bang (fireworks planned for the night of July 4th!). Carnival, as promised, has been filled with music, sports (bike, boat, & swim races), Coronations, and, of course, more music and food. As you can see, this year's Food Fair has been spectacular; we have had great weather, and of course, fabulous food offerings!
• Support the USA Olympics and a terrific young St John woman, Mayumi 'Mimi' Roller, a life-long St Johnian and college student, who is heading to London on the USA Olympic Sailing Team. To send Mimi good wishes or donations please either sign on to her Facebook page or e-mail her directly.
• Speaking of sailing...this month marked the 20th annual Scotiabank International Optomist Regatta where more than 100 boats captained by young sailors from 16 nations vied for the #1 spot. St John sailor Mateo DiBlasi won the Green Fleet's tier! St Thomas and St Croix sailors also did incredibly well.
• Dolphin sightings this summer have been plentiful and every time exciting. On this video, Captain John of St John's Palm Tree Charters captures a couple of young dolphins playing and jumping out of the water (about one minute into the video and worth watching).

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