Travel Day and Final Thoughts

pswlrw · Post by **pswlrw** » Wed May 07, 2008 10:21 pm

Saturday dawns and for the first time, Bruce the Evil Chicken does not appear. Too sad to say goodbye, perhaps?

We enjoy our final coffee on the beautiful deck of Vistaero.

We pack up our things, do a few loads of towels, load the Jeeps and head to JJ's for breakfast. This is my first time here, and I love a place where you can get a grilled cheese for breakfast!!

We do a bit of shopping and I get to meet Ruth (hi Ruth!) at her fabulous store. My brother and his fiance meet us in the park and we enjoy a last goodbye before heading over to the car barge.

The airport is amazingly empty!! We use a porter anyway, mostly because she was so darned nice when Tom was asking her for customs forms. She checked us in the airline and saw us all the way through to the security checkpoint. We were a few hours early for our flight, because others were leaving before us, so we enjoyed a few pina coladas in the airport bar and then we were on our way.

Final thoughts:

As with any group of 10 people, we had all been through some things this past year. We lost a dear mother/aunt, had some heartbreak, a little betrayal and a healthy dose of teenage pre-college angst.

Yet, as always, our time together on St. John eased the pain that we all shared and healed us with love, and laughter, family and song ... and rum

To me, that is the magic of this place.

Here's a link to all my photos. A warning - this is a compilation of 3 cameras, so the order is all jumbled and some of them are definitely NOT pretty

http://good-times.webshots.com/album/563298931GrukxU

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mbw1024 · Post by **mbw1024** » Thu May 08, 2008 7:42 am

thanks for sharing your trip with us. sounds like a good time!

Xislandgirl · Post by **Xislandgirl** » Thu May 08, 2008 7:45 am

Perfect Trip report, Paula.

brenda · Post by **brenda** » Thu May 08, 2008 7:56 am

Great trip report. I enjoyed all of the installments. Thanks for posting.

Jo Ann - VA · Post by **Jo Ann - VA** » Thu May 08, 2008 8:22 am

Thanks for doing a wonderful trip report. It looks like it was a trip you'll never forget.

Jo Ann

onthelake · Post by **onthelake** » Thu May 08, 2008 8:33 am

Thanks for the great report!!!

sea-nile · Post by **sea-nile** » Thu May 08, 2008 9:20 am

I have really enjoyed all of your reports, and pictures!

Barb Y · Post by **Barb Y** » Thu May 08, 2008 9:27 am

Paula-- What a blast I had just reading about your trip. Sounds like your gang is perfect for traveling together. I am glad you found so many healing and special moments together with your family. You definitely seem like a very fun group. Thanks for sharing your good times.

Nancy_B · Post by **Nancy_B** » Thu May 08, 2008 9:45 am

Excellent job! Sounds like your crew overly deserved a fabulous vacation and St. John delivered. That's awesome that you're already booked for next year - perfect!

chrisn · Post by **chrisn** » Thu May 08, 2008 1:17 pm

Very nice TR. Thanks for sharing with all of us.

elisa_nj · Post by **elisa_nj** » Thu May 08, 2008 1:54 pm

Just want to say that I SO ENJOYED reading your daily trip reports! What a great group of family members you have! Funny...I think I can fit right in!!

Bill in Va · Post by **Bill in Va** » Thu May 08, 2008 2:43 pm

Yo....Thank you for the nice/fun/personal reports. Good job.....God bless...Bill

silverheels · Post by **silverheels** » Thu May 08, 2008 3:46 pm

Could you please stay on STJ a little longer so that we can get more of these wonderful trip reports!!

Kathyzhere · Post by **Kathyzhere** » Thu May 08, 2008 6:35 pm

Hi Paula,

What a great TR, thanks so much for taking the time. I'm happy that you and your family had so much fun and that you're doing it again next year. Same crew or are ya adding more?

Especially enjoyed hearing how much you liked the villa. Hhhm, no Bruce on the last day...hope he didn't meet the butcher

Thanks again and I'll be in touch with many inquiries I'm sure

Enjoy,
Kathy

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