Last Day: Long Walk Home

[mbw1024]

and boy was it long. We were just getting ready to leave our villa around 9am Sunday morning when Charlie said to me "what does this mean?" He had been checking on our flight on his phone and he showed me where it said "estimated time of deaprture 7:20 pm". It was supposed to leave at 4:00pm
I called the airline and found out there were mechanical problems with the plane coming to STT. Great.

At that point the car was packed so there was no last minute beaching to be done. We just weren't in the right frame of mind. We did decide to take a later ferry though which left ample time for brunch at Sun Dog.
We left the villa, dropped our stuff at the ferry dock and drove over to Mongoose where Charlie continued to make sure the flight was still delayed and we enjoyed mimosa's, salmon eggs benedict and the special puff pastry of the day.




After brunch we returned the car and headed toward the ferry. Said our goodbye's to Slimman and then headed up to say good bye to Ruth. She had been looking for us at the dock and thought she missed us. She loaded us up with some paper and cards to pass our time at the airport and we were off on the Noon ferry. It wasn't the way I wanted to end our vacation but what can you do. We made good use of our time there making phone calls and editing pictures Oh and I had the good sense to get some sandwiches at Deli Grotto to have for dinner. We had those around 6pm in the airport. When we finally got to Philly I got off the plane and was heading to baggage when I looked up and who was right in front of me but Roger Clemens! It looked like his flight out was also delayed.

It was a great trip and I appreciate everyone here in helping me countdown. Lots of good things to remember from this trip, in no particular order, just some random thoughts:
- If you are getting in late having a water taxi waiting for you is key.
- having a jug of water in the car for sandy feet really comes in handy.
- St. John feels like home for us. I love the fact that there are people there that know we are coming and are glad to see us when we arrive. That makes it special.
- Ting and Orange Vodka is one of my new favorite beverages
-While I'm glad I went to Jost I really don't need to leave the island in the future. That's just me.
-if I ever stay at Villa Calarda I will be sure to note some sort of marker on the road so I can find my way back.
- I put out the sugar but no bananaquits came to see me
- I loved the location of our villa. I will look to return to this area some day.
-This was our second trip and I definitley felt more "villa gravity" setting in this time. I'm ok with that!
-Funny that you can see one person on the island and then keep bumping in to them everywhere but the person you are looking for (Wontogirl) never crosses your path.

I'm sure there are other things but they don't come to mind right now. So, good bye St. John. We will be back.
Mary Beth and Charlie

[California Girl]

Great report Mary Beth! Sorry to hear your last day was so long and drawn out. I hate it when the airlines do that to you! It's bad enough to have to go home, but to spend so much time burning daylight in the airport when you could be on the beach! Harumph! Glad that the rest of your trip was wonderful!

[PA Girl]

Oh my, that delay couldn't have been pleasant. At least you found out ahead of time.

I really enjoyed the reports (especially the food porn) and your pictures were wonderful.

Glad to hear the STJ magic is still there after your honeymoon

[Pia]

New ticker........soon come

Pia

[Pianogrl]

Mary Beth, I have so enjoyed your reports & pics! I'm learning so much about the island even before I get there. Thank you again.

[mbw1024]

New ticker........soon come

Pia

Ha, I hope so but I'm thinking it's 2009 at the earliest. 2008 appears to be shaping up as the year of Bruce

[jmq]

Ha, I hope so but I'm thinking it's 2009 at the earliest. 2008 appears to be shaping up as the year of Bruce

Seems like those Deadheads got nuthin' on you.

Well done on the trip reports - thanks.

[LandLockedBeachLover]

So sad your trip reports have come to an end! They sure did brighten my week! Thanks for taking the time!

[mbw1024]

here's a link to the album I put together. Too many pictures of the view but I didn't have time to edit them out yet.

http://picasaweb.google.com/mbw1024/StJohn2007

[Jerseyboy]

Thanks for the reports and great use of song titles. That sucks about the flight delay but at least you found out beforehand.

After such a long day, how appropriate you see Roger Clemens: "And I think it’s gonna be a long long time
Till touch down...."

[CariBert]

BRAVA!!BRAVA!! Great TRing Mary Beth, and great pix, too! Bummer on the longest day at the end. We usually don't find out about the delays until after we are sitting at the airport!

You will be back!! I know we will be. And I can't wait to meet Pia....if she is anything like Ruth, we are in for a treat!!

Thanks again for the report!

-Bert

[Connie]

Loved your trip reports too...I looked forward to them.

A note about your flight back....we were stuck in PR for over 5 hours, so I feel for you. We didn't get back into Philly until 2:30 A.M. ET....that was tough, especially since we had to work the next day.

All in all, sounds like you had a great time!

[mbw1024]

Thanks everyone!

Connie, we had to work the next day too but we got home around Midnight which wasn't that bad. Well not bad for me since I work at home and all I had to do was roll down the hall in my pj's!

[waterguy]

Great job sorry to see them come to and end

[liamsaunt]

MaryBeth, I loved your report! And all the food porn...yum!

Sorry about the flight delays, but other than that it sounds like a top-notch vacation!