Technically 8 days for me. But it's really only one, since we leave tomorrow morning for St. Maarten. One week there, and then to STJ on the 27th. I am SO excited, and really ready to get out of here. Bitter cold, and snow every other day. Crossing our fingers that we get out tomorrow morning before...

I found a digital underwater camera on overstock.com for $119. Don't know how well it works yet, but I've ONLY GOT ONE MORE WEEK to find out!!!!!

Good luck.

I (and my group of 5) will be on STJ the week of Dec 27 - Jan 3, and loria and her family are there as well. Wondering if anyone wants to join us at the Beach Bar on Sunday afternoon on the 28th? Is 5:00 about when these things usually start?

KathyMN

I second Sogos.. (just couldn't remember the name of it). We stumbled onto it last time, and were amazed at the great food, variety, and reasonable price. I did have the conch, and thought it was excellent, and my husband tried the goat curry and declared it excellent as well. And they ARE so nice! ...

Loria, I second the vote and would splurge and get something unique at Sloop Jones.... very fun stuff. Where are you doing your renewal? Did you get the pm I sent you about a month ago? I'm having trouble w/ the email filters here at work and wasn't sure whether it got through. Meet you at the BB on...

For Christmas gifts (for ourselves and our friends travelling with us), I got Neat Sheets and Bag 2 Gos (thanks to tips from this forum when they were on sale!). I also treated myself to an inexpensive digital underwater camera. Also, about 3 months ago I made a "Countdown" calendar for ea...

Hi Rickst, Always fun to see another fellow Minnesotan on the forum. I wanted to get out on Monday to take some photos.... it was really beautiful.... but didn't have time. Thanks for capturing it. The dreary clouds, rain, sleet, and snow this week make me REALLY glad that I've got something to look...

I've been "off forum" for this entire week because of extremely hectic stuff at work and loooonnngggg days...... this was EXACTLY what I needed to see before signing off for the weekend. 43 days to go!
Thanks for the beautiful pictures.
KathyMN

KathyMN and my group of 5 will be there on Dec 28. We've been to the BB plenty of times, but never to a Forum gathering before. Looking forward to it! Hope there's some others there too. How about you Loria? p.s. we had our first hard frost here in MN yesterday, and they're saying possible snow show...

We'll be on St. Maarten from Dec 20 - 27, and on St. John from Dec 27 to Jan 3. Staying in Coral Bay in Coral Dream.
Any Forum festivities we can think of for New Year's??

Here is a post from this morning on www.stormcaribe.com: "Thursday, October 16, 2008 07:45AM PDT - Omar Omar raced through the Leeward Islands as a Category 3 hurricane, with sustained winds near 125 mph. It did go a bit more east then earlier thought, staying away further from the BVI and east...

MLS... I thought so too. But we weren't low or near the water. And they were definitely not mosquitos. (Trust me... we live in MN and we know what mosquitos are!). So, maybe some other teeny gnat-type thing? They were mostly active at night. Our friend had hundreds of bites on his legs, and they all...

Have never had a pool, and (probably because of that), have never missed it. Granted, we are pretty modest travelers. We go to STJ for the beaches and the snorkeling. We find that we spend very little time during the day at the house. In the evening, we love sitting out on the deck, relaxing w/ good...

We've been warmly welcomed at Nazareth Lutheran in Cruz Bay on every visit. And, since we've always had to plan our vacations around school holidays, we've had the priveledge of celebrating Easter, Palm Sunday, and Christmas services with them over the years. As someone else said, it really makes us...

Awesome. I'm giving acalendar and coozies to the couple traveling with us in December! (And ordering some for myself). Let us know when they're available!