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SOTB III trip report days 3 and 4
SOTB III trip report days 3 and 4
I will post some of my pictures again and let the others post theirs.
I wanted to mention that we had 8 women, myself, Wounderwoman (Mrs. jmg20), JoAnn VA, b-as-u-r, Maggy, VaGirl and two non forum women, Gina and Donna. Donna was a newbie but now is hooked.
Sunday, November 1, 2009
Another perfect day dawned begging us to answer the question of the day. Today’s answer was Maho where we spent a lovely day. There was a little more surf again and visibility was not quite as good as normal because of the North Swell secondary to Hurricane Ida. Visibility that is not “quite as good” is still a world better than anywhere else and we had a great day! We did some snorkeling and just enjoyed the beautiful water.
Went in pool and then had dinner at the Villa. Wounderwoman brought the Polar Bear Cooler filled with chicken breasts and on our return prepared sautéed chicken with brown rice and salad. Although we would have loved to drive into Cruz Bay to enjoy the Beach Bar and Forum friends, the drive just seemed to be too much after a full day. We enjoyed a little party of our own, some pool time and gave the hot tub a try.
Monday, November 2, 2009
Sea-nile woke up at 5 am to go to the bathroom and suffered a fall. Although the terrazo floors in the Villa are lovely, they are anything but soft and accommodating. The result of the fall was a 3cm laceration about Sea-nile’s right eye that needed more medical care than we could provide. b-as-u-r, Wounderwoman and Sea-nile headed to the clinic. A doctor was called in and he glued the wound shut.
This unplanned side trip postponed the planned diving excursion. Once we left the clinic, we headed over to Low Key Water Sports to get a credit on the dive. Their immediate reaction was that diving was not an option and was not going to be an option all week. Although the clinic doctor and Wounderwoman did not endorse any water sports for the day, it was not a sentence that Sea-nile would accept for the week. Wounderwoman did some careful bandaging with waterproof bandages and we were back on schedule the following morning.
Our backup plan to take the place of diving was Cinnamon Bay. The water was even rougher than we had been seeing. Teenagers were playing with Boogie Boards and others carried surf boards down to the beach. The surf made snorkeling challenging enough that not even Wounderwoman stayed out for very long. As we enjoyed a lazy day at the beach, we watched 10 ocean kayaks work their way to shore. The kayaks were manned by young men and woman who we decided were part of the program for America’s Wounded Heroes. It was inspirational to watch these individuals disregard their amputations and prosthetics and enjoy the surf and sand and sun in a way that no one else could appreciate. They had earned this luxury and relished in their appreciation of the day. Although the heavy surf kept all of us shore bound, their determination was unfledged as six of the group headed out in the heavy surf to snorkel around the cay. Their going was slow but they stayed on track and completed their assignment as a team. It made you proud to watch them and know that they would continue to be successful.
We opted for dinner at Aqua Bistro and enjoyed a relaxing evening with good food and beverages. The setting was lovely with the water lapping the shore and a full moon beaming down magically on us.
The sunrises were amazing! This is Maggy's picture actually.
We saw donkey on the trip down to Maho
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sea-nile/4088875513/" title="099 by jtmmrut, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2643/408 ... b448dc.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="099"></a>
the road. It does not look too bad here.
it was another gorgeous day
pool time
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sea-nile/4089633462/" title="126 by jtmmrut, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2705/408 ... cb69f7.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="126"></a>
dinner on deck
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sea-nile/4088916981/" title="140 by jtmmrut, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2581/408 ... 99323e.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="140"></a>
my eye after it had a meeting with the hard floor.
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sea-nile/4089698748/" title="147 by jtmmrut, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2715/408 ... e93f72.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="147"></a>
Cinnamon. The surf was pretty high.
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sea-nile/4088939469/" title="152 by jtmmrut, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2562/408 ... 2ebd19.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="152"></a>
JoAnn VA 's picture:
dinner at Aqua Bistro
full moon
Another day over. Tomorrow we dive and the others go to Jost (I think). They will have to fill you in.
Also, other SOTB sisters add more pictures if you like.
I wanted to mention that we had 8 women, myself, Wounderwoman (Mrs. jmg20), JoAnn VA, b-as-u-r, Maggy, VaGirl and two non forum women, Gina and Donna. Donna was a newbie but now is hooked.
Sunday, November 1, 2009
Another perfect day dawned begging us to answer the question of the day. Today’s answer was Maho where we spent a lovely day. There was a little more surf again and visibility was not quite as good as normal because of the North Swell secondary to Hurricane Ida. Visibility that is not “quite as good” is still a world better than anywhere else and we had a great day! We did some snorkeling and just enjoyed the beautiful water.
Went in pool and then had dinner at the Villa. Wounderwoman brought the Polar Bear Cooler filled with chicken breasts and on our return prepared sautéed chicken with brown rice and salad. Although we would have loved to drive into Cruz Bay to enjoy the Beach Bar and Forum friends, the drive just seemed to be too much after a full day. We enjoyed a little party of our own, some pool time and gave the hot tub a try.
Monday, November 2, 2009
Sea-nile woke up at 5 am to go to the bathroom and suffered a fall. Although the terrazo floors in the Villa are lovely, they are anything but soft and accommodating. The result of the fall was a 3cm laceration about Sea-nile’s right eye that needed more medical care than we could provide. b-as-u-r, Wounderwoman and Sea-nile headed to the clinic. A doctor was called in and he glued the wound shut.
This unplanned side trip postponed the planned diving excursion. Once we left the clinic, we headed over to Low Key Water Sports to get a credit on the dive. Their immediate reaction was that diving was not an option and was not going to be an option all week. Although the clinic doctor and Wounderwoman did not endorse any water sports for the day, it was not a sentence that Sea-nile would accept for the week. Wounderwoman did some careful bandaging with waterproof bandages and we were back on schedule the following morning.
Our backup plan to take the place of diving was Cinnamon Bay. The water was even rougher than we had been seeing. Teenagers were playing with Boogie Boards and others carried surf boards down to the beach. The surf made snorkeling challenging enough that not even Wounderwoman stayed out for very long. As we enjoyed a lazy day at the beach, we watched 10 ocean kayaks work their way to shore. The kayaks were manned by young men and woman who we decided were part of the program for America’s Wounded Heroes. It was inspirational to watch these individuals disregard their amputations and prosthetics and enjoy the surf and sand and sun in a way that no one else could appreciate. They had earned this luxury and relished in their appreciation of the day. Although the heavy surf kept all of us shore bound, their determination was unfledged as six of the group headed out in the heavy surf to snorkel around the cay. Their going was slow but they stayed on track and completed their assignment as a team. It made you proud to watch them and know that they would continue to be successful.
We opted for dinner at Aqua Bistro and enjoyed a relaxing evening with good food and beverages. The setting was lovely with the water lapping the shore and a full moon beaming down magically on us.
The sunrises were amazing! This is Maggy's picture actually.
We saw donkey on the trip down to Maho
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sea-nile/4088875513/" title="099 by jtmmrut, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2643/408 ... b448dc.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="099"></a>
the road. It does not look too bad here.
it was another gorgeous day
pool time
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sea-nile/4089633462/" title="126 by jtmmrut, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2705/408 ... cb69f7.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="126"></a>
dinner on deck
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sea-nile/4088916981/" title="140 by jtmmrut, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2581/408 ... 99323e.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="140"></a>
my eye after it had a meeting with the hard floor.
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sea-nile/4089698748/" title="147 by jtmmrut, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2715/408 ... e93f72.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="147"></a>
Cinnamon. The surf was pretty high.
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sea-nile/4088939469/" title="152 by jtmmrut, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2562/408 ... 2ebd19.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="152"></a>
JoAnn VA 's picture:
dinner at Aqua Bistro
full moon
Another day over. Tomorrow we dive and the others go to Jost (I think). They will have to fill you in.
Also, other SOTB sisters add more pictures if you like.
I scraped ice off my windshield this morning, came in to work, opened the VIOL Forum and wow - there was our wonderful trip in front of me! I could just feel that warm air, see the blue skies......the pics are great, ladies......I managed to erase all of mine this time....guess I'll just have to go back and take more 
. I'll just add that the green iguana was nothing compared to his big brother who tried to attack Donna as she was sunning on the beach at Francis!!!
. I'll just add that the green iguana was nothing compared to his big brother who tried to attack Donna as she was sunning on the beach at Francis!!!
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Rachelle & Joe
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SOTB day's 3 & 4
Oh my !! your Eye 
feel so bad for ya, & hope it is healing well, 
what a Beautiful sunrise pic Gorgeous as are all your photo's that dirt rd. well ..... 
Thanks for posting & Happy Holiday's
feel so bad for ya, & hope it is healing well, what a Beautiful sunrise pic Gorgeous as are all your photo's that dirt rd. well ..... Thanks for posting & Happy Holiday's
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cypressgirl
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I had a chance to tour that villa in June when I was there and I'm curious if you found the kitchen a bit small for a group your size or not. The house is really very beautiful and the view is magificent. I actually thought the road would be worse than it was. I've stayed many times in Catherineberg and thought that John Head Road was worse than the road to Fortsberg Estate.
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John LMBZ06
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Diana2 - I can only speak for myself, but I didn't think we had any problems with the kitchen being too small. Maybe the passages into the actual kitchen (by the fridge and by the dishwasher) had a limited space and you have to wait for your turn to pass. Nothing that would stop me from recommend the house. The only thing we didn't like was the road.
LMBZ06 - that's really funny, because when I saw my picture of the donkeys we met, it has curly fur (or waves) from the rainshower and it really came out clear in the photo.
LMBZ06 - that's really funny, because when I saw my picture of the donkeys we met, it has curly fur (or waves) from the rainshower and it really came out clear in the photo.