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First trip report 1/13 to 1/20

Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2007 10:28 am
by waterguy
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

Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2007 10:33 am
by Xislandgirl
I have been looking forward to your trip report and the first installment did not disappoint. :D

Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2007 10:48 am
by sea-nile
Great Trip report!
I can't believe you did it without taking notes!
I'd say you still have a good memory! :D

Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2007 10:58 am
by Pia
Great start - I have been looking forward to your report :)

Sorry I missed you all at the Beach Bar but I was sick with (we think) Dengue :cry:

Hope to see you next time

Pia

Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2007 12:02 pm
by Tracy in WI
Hey Tom - glad to see your report - I remember you telling us about the rental cars at the Beach bar! Funny story.

Juice and I enjoyed meeting you and your group - it was a pleasure.

Look forward to more....

Tracy

Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2007 12:05 pm
by CariBert
Great Treip report. Thanks for sharing. One question: I went to the Woody's pictures week ending 1/14, I looked at the middle of the page. Which one of you is it lying on the bar?

Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2007 12:29 pm
by waterguy
I wish that was one of the people in our group. we are in the third row from the bottom.
Tom

Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2007 12:40 pm
by Jan&MikeVa
Tom, thanks for getting us going with your report.
Did you get by and check out our favorite villa? :wink:

Looking forward to hearing more........... :lol:

Jan (akaCharlie)

Good looking group at Woody's!!

Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2007 12:43 pm
by waterguy
Hi Jan you will hear about and see pictures of your favorite Villa in future reports.
Tom

Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2007 2:35 pm
by silverheels
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.

Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2007 9:34 pm
by chrisn
What a perfectly beautiful thing to do for the woman you loved.

Looking forward to the rest of your report.

Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2007 9:48 am
by traveler22
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

Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2007 11:03 am
by VaGirl
Tom,what a wonderful thing to do in honoring the wishes of your lady. I have asked the same of my family and can only hope they will fulfill their promise when the time comes.