Vagirl-Trip Report, Part 1-Kinda Long, Sorry
Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2007 9:04 am
Hey everybody, I really DID make the trip even though you haven't heard from me! Have been bogged down at work since I got back, and am going to try to steal a few minutes to at least give you a little feedback of the first couple of days. Like most of my trips, anything "planned" went out the window, but I love that part!
We arrived at Reagan National bright and early on Sunday, found Spirit Air way over in the old main terminal building. No problems there, right through the line, and right through security - guess it pays to have the first flight out! Now I love to fly, but just remember we were getting out of DC right as the bad weather front was moving in. The flight was a little rough until we got over South Carolina, and by then my white knuckles were turning pink again...got into Ft Lauderdale, then had to wait for that flight. What a circus that airport has become! Too many people in a small airport in too big of a hurry. But I kept telling myself, you are on island time now, so just take a deep breath.
Got into STT right on time, and I headed to the bar for my first Caribe while waiting for luggage - which DID make it this time! The CA ferry was not running, to we headed to the taxis and to Red Hook - what a mess, as you've been told already. People everywhere! Well, we had so many stops that we missed the 3 pm ferry and had to wait for the 4; oh well, a trip to the wagon for a Rum Punch made that bearable!! Our taxi had some really neat people, but three who seemed not to want to talk or smile at anyone - still trying to figure this out! Anyway, arrived at the Dock in STJ, waved at the web cam, although now it's 4:30ish and I figure no one knows what I look like anyway....Sean from Caribbean Villas met us with his big smile, took us to ST Car Rental to pick up our Vitara - they were so nice to us there. The car was older, with scratches, but that's okay...it got me where I needed. Off to the villa, Hawksbill, which was wonderful! We had a resident black cat which Lisa, my travel buddy, adopted - me, I'm a dog person. Anyway, the villa was full of windows, bright and cherry, small pool, yard full of blooming flowers up on a hill looking down into Great Cruz Bay..Sean showed us around, where everything was, and we were on our own. We made the obligatory trip to Starfish for "essentials", and then headed into town. Parking - geeze, I could go on forever, what a nightmare this has become! We finally found a place and headed to the Beach Bar to try and find Xisland Girl, Ruth and others...I have never seen so many people in the Beach Bar...plus it's kinda hard to find someone when you really haven't met them and are not sure exactly who you are looking for - well, everyone there was having a blast and evidently not moving, so by now we were starving...and thirsty...so we headed across the street to the Banana Deck for some nourishment...I had a couple of Painkillers and a mahi sandwhich which just hit the spot! Seemed like a lot of the overflow from the BB ended up there. We stayed for a while, I'm trying to remember if I had another beer or not...then we headed back, as our day had started at 4 am...put away the groceries, and called it a night.
Sorry I've gone on and on, so just tell me to keep this short. I promise I'll get better. St John continues to wrap me up in its magic...when work gets to be too much, I close my eyes and put myself right back there...better get to work so I CAN GO back in November!
We arrived at Reagan National bright and early on Sunday, found Spirit Air way over in the old main terminal building. No problems there, right through the line, and right through security - guess it pays to have the first flight out! Now I love to fly, but just remember we were getting out of DC right as the bad weather front was moving in. The flight was a little rough until we got over South Carolina, and by then my white knuckles were turning pink again...got into Ft Lauderdale, then had to wait for that flight. What a circus that airport has become! Too many people in a small airport in too big of a hurry. But I kept telling myself, you are on island time now, so just take a deep breath.
Got into STT right on time, and I headed to the bar for my first Caribe while waiting for luggage - which DID make it this time! The CA ferry was not running, to we headed to the taxis and to Red Hook - what a mess, as you've been told already. People everywhere! Well, we had so many stops that we missed the 3 pm ferry and had to wait for the 4; oh well, a trip to the wagon for a Rum Punch made that bearable!! Our taxi had some really neat people, but three who seemed not to want to talk or smile at anyone - still trying to figure this out! Anyway, arrived at the Dock in STJ, waved at the web cam, although now it's 4:30ish and I figure no one knows what I look like anyway....Sean from Caribbean Villas met us with his big smile, took us to ST Car Rental to pick up our Vitara - they were so nice to us there. The car was older, with scratches, but that's okay...it got me where I needed. Off to the villa, Hawksbill, which was wonderful! We had a resident black cat which Lisa, my travel buddy, adopted - me, I'm a dog person. Anyway, the villa was full of windows, bright and cherry, small pool, yard full of blooming flowers up on a hill looking down into Great Cruz Bay..Sean showed us around, where everything was, and we were on our own. We made the obligatory trip to Starfish for "essentials", and then headed into town. Parking - geeze, I could go on forever, what a nightmare this has become! We finally found a place and headed to the Beach Bar to try and find Xisland Girl, Ruth and others...I have never seen so many people in the Beach Bar...plus it's kinda hard to find someone when you really haven't met them and are not sure exactly who you are looking for - well, everyone there was having a blast and evidently not moving, so by now we were starving...and thirsty...so we headed across the street to the Banana Deck for some nourishment...I had a couple of Painkillers and a mahi sandwhich which just hit the spot! Seemed like a lot of the overflow from the BB ended up there. We stayed for a while, I'm trying to remember if I had another beer or not...then we headed back, as our day had started at 4 am...put away the groceries, and called it a night.
Sorry I've gone on and on, so just tell me to keep this short. I promise I'll get better. St John continues to wrap me up in its magic...when work gets to be too much, I close my eyes and put myself right back there...better get to work so I CAN GO back in November!
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