In the home stretch for STJ
Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2007 3:05 pm
Well, in 7 days we'll be on St. Thomas making our way in our Dependable 4 door Wranglers towards Red Hook. We'll make a quick stop at Cost U Less for a case of Cruzan Dark, beer, and with any luck, some decent veggies.
Our Gang of 6 is composed entirely of STJ veterans. Across the 6 of us, we've made a total of 41 trips to STJ in the past. This is our 4th trip together and is looking to be very smooth. We've managed to cull all the whiners from past trips and we are down to the mellow partiers that "get it."
We are taking a different strategy this year with a focus on maximizing the liming. So, we are picking up our vehicles on STT in order to take control of our party faster, and we are bringing a cooler with frozen food. Normally, we do a massive Starfish market shopping exercise the day we arrive. We'll pick up some staples on STT and ice some beer, so that we can go straight to the villa and start the party.
Big Red and Becky are cooking up two big beer can chickens Sunday. They'll debone those, vacuum pack, and freeze them for our dinner on our first night; that way we can enjoy that first sunset with the minimum of stress. I vacuum packed a rack of steaks and have frozen Goya Papaya and Mango puree to go in the cooler as ice packs; I'm going to try out the tech-ice too. Pat and Janet will be contributing pork tenderloins to the freezer.
Its so nice going with experienced travelers. Low stress.
See ya on the island!
Cheers, RickG
Our Gang of 6 is composed entirely of STJ veterans. Across the 6 of us, we've made a total of 41 trips to STJ in the past. This is our 4th trip together and is looking to be very smooth. We've managed to cull all the whiners from past trips and we are down to the mellow partiers that "get it."
We are taking a different strategy this year with a focus on maximizing the liming. So, we are picking up our vehicles on STT in order to take control of our party faster, and we are bringing a cooler with frozen food. Normally, we do a massive Starfish market shopping exercise the day we arrive. We'll pick up some staples on STT and ice some beer, so that we can go straight to the villa and start the party.
Big Red and Becky are cooking up two big beer can chickens Sunday. They'll debone those, vacuum pack, and freeze them for our dinner on our first night; that way we can enjoy that first sunset with the minimum of stress. I vacuum packed a rack of steaks and have frozen Goya Papaya and Mango puree to go in the cooler as ice packs; I'm going to try out the tech-ice too. Pat and Janet will be contributing pork tenderloins to the freezer.
Its so nice going with experienced travelers. Low stress.
See ya on the island!
Cheers, RickG
Hey Rick. feel your excitement! sounds like u & the "G" Group have a master plan! how long will u b there?? Can't wait to hear a report, i'm sure it will consists of some interesting party time tales!!!!! Enjoy! Rachelle 
) and I will be using the smoker and the grill. I need the oven for pies and sweet potatoes. Smoked turkey, roast turkey and beef tenderloin in the smoker and grill with Virginia Country Ham cooked ahead of time. I don't expect to sleep the night before, but that's my idea of fun.