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Hello everyone! We always recommend reserving a jeep well in advance for your vacation on beautiful but hilly St.John. Some like picking the rental up as soon as they get off the ferry and others wait until their first full day on island. Well, we have great news!...
One of the many reasons we loved Garden by the sea was because the house had 70 solar panels . But to be honest, they never worked properly from day one. They did offset some power use but not nearly what they should. So, for 4 years we’ve been working to get them up...