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by papabou
Sat Oct 26, 2013 12:30 pm
Forum: U.S. Virgin Islands Travel Forum: St. John
Topic: It's almost here...
Replies: 12
Views: 4420

Re: It's almost here...

bonnie, relax and enjoy. you are staying in a great villa with wondeful views. what kevin has done with coconuts and done and doing at plumeria is awesome! when you 1st walk thru the entrance gate and see the view across to stt, tears should come to your eyes. i'm a big fan of beaches and touring is...
by papabou
Sat Oct 26, 2013 11:48 am
Forum: U.S. Virgin Islands Travel Forum: St. John
Topic: battery hill comments anyone
Replies: 10
Views: 3936

battery hill comments anyone

for those following my post re papabou's and mack's dec rd trip, you know we have now booked sand dollar at battery hill. on another current string about battery hill, tm has posted some good info for travels to and from town. many thanks, good info. i'd appreicate some further feed back about batte...
by papabou
Sat Oct 26, 2013 10:56 am
Forum: U.S. Virgin Islands Travel Forum: St. John
Topic: WOW mack & papabou cleared for dec roadtrip
Replies: 14
Views: 5776

Re: WOW mack & papabou cleared for dec roadtrip

thank's for all encouragement but wife would assure you we need little to become a couple of wild and crazy guys (apols to steve martin & dan ack). wanted to be a standup comic but was advised i'd need a sense of humor; oh well. sorry to say mack had to retire the royal blue body suit, but he ha...
by papabou
Fri Oct 25, 2013 2:41 pm
Forum: U.S. Virgin Islands Travel Forum: St. John
Topic: WOW mack & papabou cleared for dec roadtrip
Replies: 14
Views: 5776

WOW mack & papabou cleared for dec roadtrip

for viol members who enjoy an old fools ramblings, read on; otherwise move on to the next post. great news, the wives have bannished mack and me for a second time this year. since stj is only place we can remember how to get to & from,here we come. the saga continues. we have our dates, arr 12/8...
by papabou
Tue Aug 06, 2013 7:50 am
Forum: U.S. Virgin Islands Travel Forum: St. John
Topic: Burger wars part two
Replies: 9
Views: 2907

Re: Burger wars part two

my response will take some explaining and will probably offend some of the loyals, but wives' burger comments need sharing. my travel buddy, mack, loves any skinny l burger and he and I always eat there several times when on island alone or when with wives but we are roaming island w/o them. mack's ...
by papabou
Tue Jul 16, 2013 12:03 pm
Forum: U.S. Virgin Islands Travel Forum: St. John
Topic: High Airfares to STT?
Replies: 8
Views: 2430

Re: High Airfares to STT?

mn, atl/stt is hard nrev rte in summer. by traveling weekdays and booking villas last minute I had a string of 15 successful trips (except for once having to buy cape air ticket to sju to catch a sju to atl) but most of those were not summer. several of those trips were traveling with s4's I with us...
by papabou
Mon Jul 15, 2013 6:37 pm
Forum: U.S. Virgin Islands Travel Forum: St. John
Topic: Encounters on island
Replies: 4
Views: 1696

Re: Encounters on island

ds,

i'm sorry we missed ya'll too, but not nearly as sorry as I am that mack and I aren't not still there. while it's nice to see the wife, this Georgia weather sux. have fun and toast sunrise for us.

papabou
by papabou
Sat Jul 13, 2013 7:49 am
Forum: U.S. Virgin Islands Travel Forum: St. John
Topic: East End Villas
Replies: 5
Views: 1992

Re: East End Villas

nancy, buddy and I just returned from a week at viewtiful on mamey peak rd. though not east end, she's less than 5 min. to maho and 6 to skinny legs. though not as nice as coconuts, she's equal value as rate about 50% less and phpv does 5 day rentals on straight prorated basis. you will miss coconut...
by papabou
Wed Jul 10, 2013 6:15 pm
Forum: U.S. Virgin Islands Travel Forum: St. John
Topic: had fun, dodged a bullet, got pia validation of hall pass
Replies: 6
Views: 2112

Re: had fun, dodged a bullet, got pia validation of hall pas

donna, noonish on sat we sat to right of center pole of bar at joe's, taking in view (which still has a tender significance to mack). since his (mine too) 1st visit there, we were on best behavior as we savored our 1st ever painkiller and the poison in the second one started us downhill. we tried to...
by papabou
Wed Jul 10, 2013 3:19 pm
Forum: U.S. Virgin Islands Travel Forum: St. John
Topic: had fun, dodged a bullet, got pia validation of hall pass
Replies: 6
Views: 2112

had fun, dodged a bullet, got pia validation of hall pass

final shorter post before we leave island with heavy hearts & exceedingly high blood sugar thursday morning. though weather less than ideal, i have been here with worse (oct 05 with grandkids), have had better weather with less fun (mack wasn't on those trips), but hve always had a wonderful tim...
by papabou
Tue Jul 09, 2013 9:24 am
Forum: U.S. Virgin Islands Travel Forum: St. John
Topic: papabou is sorry
Replies: 5
Views: 2464

Re: papabou is sorry

no suggestions so we made decision for today on our own. mike's in sameoh body suit holding off on yellow vest till we get to --- francis bay. as we were packing one of the coolers with refreshments, the mystery of the missing yellow vu/suv proof swim suit was solved. it had found it's way into the ...
by papabou
Tue Jul 09, 2013 8:26 am
Forum: U.S. Virgin Islands Travel Forum: St. John
Topic: papabou is sorry
Replies: 5
Views: 2464

papabou is sorry

awoke this am with a heavy head and little memory. maybe sunday's power outage turned off a few remaining grey cells. so to figure out what's up i opened viol and read some strings. i was offended i couldn't remember some of the good stuff and that i posted some of the stuff i said about some innoce...
by papabou
Mon Jul 08, 2013 7:34 pm
Forum: U.S. Virgin Islands Travel Forum: St. John
Topic: power (not electric) outage and papabou's 3rd day
Replies: 11
Views: 3574

Re: power (not electric) outage and papabou's 3rd day

you asked for it! c'smom and all our other fanz, we have had numerous requests to post pics, 1 here, 1 pm and dozens in our dreams. unfortunately no pics on computer, the camera is among lost merchandise on this trip and wives said if they even heard about us showing our faces, using our real names ...
by papabou
Mon Jul 08, 2013 4:12 pm
Forum: U.S. Virgin Islands Travel Forum: St. John
Topic: Tropical Storm Chantal
Replies: 21
Views: 6801

Re: Tropical Storm Chantal

I thought the winds were normal for this time of yr. we have had steady 20-30 mph winds on mamey peak since arrival on the 4th. not planning to leave until the 11th, but I will keep an eye out. thanks for the heads up.

papabou
by papabou
Mon Jul 08, 2013 4:00 pm
Forum: U.S. Virgin Islands Travel Forum: St. John
Topic: power (not electric) outage and papabou's 3rd day
Replies: 11
Views: 3574

Re: power (not electric) outage and papabou's 3rd day

minde, "do you remember" (sung as opening line of sea of love) I offered a group gathering last year and no one took me up. granted you responded half heartedly, just to appease an old man who probably reminded you of your father or perhaps granddad). no takers, no trip last fall. no one o...