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rainy day.....
rainy day.....
Our first full day here and RAIN!!! It started raining really early this AM and hasn't really let up - very cloudy, gray, misty! Good for the island but bad for a beach day!!! Hanging out, surfin the internet, reading, drinking and hot tubbing are it for a while till this rain leaves us! Hopefully this is it for the week!!!
http://www.wunderground.com/US/VI/Saint_Thomas.html
looks like you have a pretty large system just on top of you for a bit
looks like you have a pretty large system just on top of you for a bit
< leaving on the 22nd of march...but too lame to figure out the ticker thing again!>
Heavy rain continues today. The cisterns are all in good shape and in 10 days or so the skeeters will be out in full force. I think I sde a patch of blue sky. Keep your fingers crossed.
Very odd to drive the Northshore Road and see all the beaches totally empty of people.
Hubs not feeling well last night so we missed the Beabh Bar.
Very odd to drive the Northshore Road and see all the beaches totally empty of people.
Hubs not feeling well last night so we missed the Beabh Bar.
We need a lot more rain than we are getting for the cisterns to be in good shape 
I hope for about 4 more days of the type of rain we are receiving for me to start to feel comfortable about my cistern level again - but not this week (how about one day per week for the rest of the month) as I am hoping for blue skies and sunshine for all of our island visitors.
Pia
I hope for about 4 more days of the type of rain we are receiving for me to start to feel comfortable about my cistern level again - but not this week (how about one day per week for the rest of the month) as I am hoping for blue skies and sunshine for all of our island visitors.Pia
Realtor - St John Properties
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piscesgirl0314
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Wish I were there...
Looks like I left at just the right time!
I remember one trip we did years ago that was three weeks--it rained for two of the three weeks! IIRC, three tropical waves came in, one after the other. I got a lot of reading done that trip.
I remember one trip we did years ago that was three weeks--it rained for two of the three weeks! IIRC, three tropical waves came in, one after the other. I got a lot of reading done that trip.
It's like looking in your soup and finding a whole different alphabet.
Those tropical waves are a bitch.
The first time we brought Flip Flop down with her hubby, one parked right off STJ and just did not move.
Fortunately we ended up with some dry days, even though they were overcast -- and of course Flip Flop still fell in love with STJ.
Rain is bittersweet. Locals love it but tourists hate it.
My (non X rated)
rainy day activities include:
-Reading
-Cooking-- Go down to STJ Spice and pick up some spices and one of their island recipe cookbooks; go home and experiment!
-Shopping
-Hanging out at the bar with locals, drinking, chatting and playing games -- (most bars have games or are OK with you bringing games/cards with you as long as you're drinking and eating -- and after a while most don't seem to care!) My fave sposts for this are Island Blues or Skinny Legs.
-Snorkeling & Swimming- if it's not raining too hard.(Though sometimes visibility can be affected and the colors will not be as bright without the sun shining) Heck, you're wet anyway-- but it may be colder getting out.
-Drive around and check out some of the waterfalls (but be careful roads can be slick).
-Watching a DVD at the Villa. (Option of last resort).
I always bring one of those disposable rain ponchos with me. Gives me a lot of flexibility. I keep it in my backpack. It's really lightweight and I look like and idiot wearing it but it keeps me dry in a pinch.
The first time we brought Flip Flop down with her hubby, one parked right off STJ and just did not move.
Fortunately we ended up with some dry days, even though they were overcast -- and of course Flip Flop still fell in love with STJ.
Rain is bittersweet. Locals love it but tourists hate it.
My (non X rated)
rainy day activities include:-Reading
-Cooking-- Go down to STJ Spice and pick up some spices and one of their island recipe cookbooks; go home and experiment!
-Shopping
-Hanging out at the bar with locals, drinking, chatting and playing games -- (most bars have games or are OK with you bringing games/cards with you as long as you're drinking and eating -- and after a while most don't seem to care!) My fave sposts for this are Island Blues or Skinny Legs.
-Snorkeling & Swimming- if it's not raining too hard.(Though sometimes visibility can be affected and the colors will not be as bright without the sun shining) Heck, you're wet anyway-- but it may be colder getting out.
-Drive around and check out some of the waterfalls (but be careful roads can be slick).
-Watching a DVD at the Villa. (Option of last resort).
I always bring one of those disposable rain ponchos with me. Gives me a lot of flexibility. I keep it in my backpack. It's really lightweight and I look like and idiot wearing it but it keeps me dry in a pinch.
*Another fine scatterbrained production
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mindehankins
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