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First trip report 1/13 to 1/20
First trip report 1/13 to 1/20
Trip report 1/13 to1/20
Part one
A little back ground for this trip. This trip was my wife’s last wish to have her ashes spread on Hawksnest. She wanted select friends and family members to go. Most that had never been there before and she wanted them to see her favorite place on earth. So this trip was filled with fun times and tears.
6 of the 12 drove down to Chicago on Friday 2 others flew to STT on Friday and stayed over night there. 2 went down on Thursday and the owners of the villas have been down since before the first of the year. 6:00 am flight for 4 on USAIRWAYS and 6:00am flight for the other 2 on AMERICAN. US got us down 40 mins early. But the American flight was an h 1-½ hours late. So I sent the others downtown to meet up with the couple that had stayed over night and I waited for my sister and her husband’s plane at the airport. Gathered them up and found the rest at a bar in Drakes Passage. Made the 5:40 downtown ferry. We decided that we need some beers for the ferry ride ran and got a bunch. We didn’t know you can’t have bottles on the ferry so the ones with red stripes and Caribs had to slam them cans are fine though.
Great sun set on the ride over got to STJ. My brother in-law and I walked up to C&C car rental to get the 2 jeeps. We were told they would be there with our names in them. Well there aren’t any there. So I called the home number on the building the person who answers tells me they were there when he checked at noon. Well they are not there now!! Just as we are about ready to leave and get a taxi the 2 cars pull up and the people driving get out and tell us they just filled them up and washed them for us. We don’t care so we hop in and off we go. Pick every body up and head to Cygnus.
We unpack the coolers and head to Woody’s right away Look on there web site under week ending 1/14 you will see us in the middle of the page. Stayed much to late for having gotten up at 3:30.Back to the villa to have a night cap and to watch the stars.
Tom
Part one
A little back ground for this trip. This trip was my wife’s last wish to have her ashes spread on Hawksnest. She wanted select friends and family members to go. Most that had never been there before and she wanted them to see her favorite place on earth. So this trip was filled with fun times and tears.
6 of the 12 drove down to Chicago on Friday 2 others flew to STT on Friday and stayed over night there. 2 went down on Thursday and the owners of the villas have been down since before the first of the year. 6:00 am flight for 4 on USAIRWAYS and 6:00am flight for the other 2 on AMERICAN. US got us down 40 mins early. But the American flight was an h 1-½ hours late. So I sent the others downtown to meet up with the couple that had stayed over night and I waited for my sister and her husband’s plane at the airport. Gathered them up and found the rest at a bar in Drakes Passage. Made the 5:40 downtown ferry. We decided that we need some beers for the ferry ride ran and got a bunch. We didn’t know you can’t have bottles on the ferry so the ones with red stripes and Caribs had to slam them cans are fine though.
Great sun set on the ride over got to STJ. My brother in-law and I walked up to C&C car rental to get the 2 jeeps. We were told they would be there with our names in them. Well there aren’t any there. So I called the home number on the building the person who answers tells me they were there when he checked at noon. Well they are not there now!! Just as we are about ready to leave and get a taxi the 2 cars pull up and the people driving get out and tell us they just filled them up and washed them for us. We don’t care so we hop in and off we go. Pick every body up and head to Cygnus.
We unpack the coolers and head to Woody’s right away Look on there web site under week ending 1/14 you will see us in the middle of the page. Stayed much to late for having gotten up at 3:30.Back to the villa to have a night cap and to watch the stars.
Tom
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Thanks for your trip report part I. It is so great that people do so much and enjoy so much each and every trip to STJ. Looking forward to more about your trip. We are not bringing down our laptop, so I'll have to get online where ever we are if possible. We hope to spend most of our time sailing which will make up for computer withdrawal.
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Tom,
I have to tell you that I have the same wish as your wife in my will but in the waters off of the north shore beaches (scuba diver). My youngest sister (who my wife and I took once when she was only 19) volunteered to carry out my wishes so she could go back. You are a great man and husband for honoring her wishes.
Scott
I have to tell you that I have the same wish as your wife in my will but in the waters off of the north shore beaches (scuba diver). My youngest sister (who my wife and I took once when she was only 19) volunteered to carry out my wishes so she could go back. You are a great man and husband for honoring her wishes.
Scott
