This year’s Wagapalooza tee-shirt and poster comes from Coral Bay artist Annie Caswell, a plumb assignment that St. John artists love to get. (Fellow Coral Bay artist Cheryl Geller designed last year’s Wagapalooza art.)

“I wanted to do a poster with some island dogs, the breeds we mostly have here on St. John, so I chose my friends’ dogs for the drawing,” says Annie. “I also wanted some humor, so I thought of a dog’s life and included their own inn, restaurant and a treat tree.

Annie, who has had two dogs in her life, a black lab for 14 years and a golden retriever for 13, considers her current pets the wild donkeys in Coral Bay.

Her art also reflects St. John’s beauty, she says.

“I had four colors to work with and as St. John is mountains and water, blue green, white and black seemed fitting.

Wagapalooza 2012, a dog show and fundraiser for the Animal Care Center, is Saturday, May 19.

This contest is over before it even begins. Winner declared.

From Cruz Bay bed & breakfast Garden by the Sea.  That’s some house cleaner talent.

You can walk from the Beach Bar to Woody’s in about two minutes.  Or you can drive there up the hill, past Gallows Point, up Frangipani Lane and down Hill Street.

Today, you’re doing that. Jeep Cam, the long way from Beach Bar to Woody’s…below…

The widespread uproar over the rental car blunder made it to the Governor’s ears. St. John Source’s Lynda Lohr broke the news here.

By now, many of you may have heard that the Bureau of Motor Vehicles intends to start enforcing a ban on inter-island transport of rental vehicles, presumably within 60 days.

That means you will no longer be able to rent a vehicle on St. Thomas and take the barge to St. John.  Or, take a day trip to St. Thomas in your St. John rental either.

We support St. John businesses, but this seems anti-competitive and raises questions about the VI government’s authority to interfere with inter-island commerce.

For some people, it will also be a big inconvenience.

How do you feel about it? Share your comments and any contact information you’ve come across to make your point.

And if you’d like, sign this petition. Change.org petitions carry absolutely no legal weight, but they can send a strong message to the people who make decisions. Sign the petition here.

St. John charter boat Sadie Sea donated some time on the water earlier this month to the Jost Van Dykes Preservation Society for a field trip to take Jost kids to the Sandy Cay Habitat Management area.

Sandy Cay is the BVI’s newest National Park, established in 2008, and next time you’re lucky enough to stop there, look for the new monument built to commemorate the park.

Sadie Sea took 25 kids and 5 adults to visit Sandy Cay and then back to Jost for lunch.

Tom and Amy Larson bought Sadie Sea from its longtime owners in 2009, and continue charters and work with the National Park to bring Reef Bay trail hikers back to Cruz Bay.

Haven’t been to Sandy Cay in awhile? Pay a visit with Capt. John Brandi, below!…

A cool, new open-air bar has opened on the porch in front of Low Key Watersports called Motu.

“Motu is a Polynesian word referring to small islands that broke off from their mother islands in the South Pacific eons ago, usually separated by a turquoise lagoon,” says co-owner Dawn Bergess. “I feel like I broke off and became my own little island, so this is my Motu.”

You may remember seeing Dawn pulling management duties at Woody’s. She says she never thought she’d have a chance to open her own St. John business, but the timing and location was too good to pass up.

“The couches and ambiance give it a different feel and we’re sticking with a little jazz and old school beach music.”

Dawn hopes Motu will also host private events like wedding parties.

Motu is open from Noon to 10 p.m. most nights.

Dawn, and business partner Jimmy Neighbors, below.

The famous Fork in the Road on Gifft Hill appears to have fallen victim to vandalism or a bad driver.

OSJ reader Martha Toomey first spotted the fallen fork while walking her dog Friday morning.

The Fork in the Road, minus one tine, as it stood for years, below…

Forgo your plans for a retirement villa on St. John. Just get yourself a Jeep, and this thing.

For $54,000, the Jeep Action Camper gives you a kitchen, a bathroom and a king-sized bed.

The gravel lot by the car barge would be a great place to camp out. (Just put a For Sale sign in the window so the police won’t tow you away.)

Today’s Lunch of the Week takes us to the base of Bordeaux Mountain and the casual patio at Chateau Bordeaux.

Here we have the chicken Roti with sweet potato fries for $14.

And the fish and chips, made with Mahi, and sweet potato fries for $15.

Take the stools by the rail, put your iPhone away and have lunch, with a view instead of your email.

Today’s Jeep Cam is a lazy afternoon drive around Coral Bay.

We’ll start just past Shipwreck Landing and end up at Skinny Legs, just in time for lunch.

Jeep Cam: A Coral Bay drive…below…

It’s easier to hike to Salomon and Honeymoon beaches from Cruz Bay…not that it was ever that tough anyway.

Recently installed steps by the National Park dock take some the hike out of the first few yards.

Calling this a hike is an exaggeration, really. It’s a nice walk. 30 minutes if you’re really taking your time. 20 minutes if you can’t wait to get there.

Never been? Take a walk on the Lind Point trail with Gerald Singer, below…