Trip Report From Bert!! Day 7...whether you want it or not

[CariBert]

Trip report Day 7

Not a lot on the agenda today. After a nice breakfast sandwich,
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I thought we would revisit Gibney, visit with our friend some more and of course, snorkel some. Gibney really is a pretty area..
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We found out a lot of history from Terry Gibney, and her Horticulturist. The property was a provisioning property. Therefore, they have all kinds of fruit trees growing there. I don't know the whole story of the family, but it is quite an eclectic group. Terry lives in one of the cottages next to the ones she rents. Down the beach a bit, another one of the Gibneys lives, but does not like to be disturbed........at all
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So, we noodled a bit...
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And I watched a lady playing frisbie with her dog...
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We left Gibney after a while, we got hungry, and decided to head back over to Skinney's. They make the best Blue Cheese Burger anywhere!
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Since tonight was the BB Forum get together, we headed back to the villa for some pool time:
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And more....yes, here it comes LuLu........adult beverages. Besides, the setting at the villa looks so nice, we decided to take some pictures for our families;
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We cleaned up a little.....very little, we were just going to meet some of the Forum members.....then headed for the Beach bar. Parking was pretty bad, and I had to finally park at Mongoose Junction and walk over to the BB. Hell, we parked there every day and walked everywhere!

We arrived at the BB, and immediately found Ruth, Ready4Paradise, Anthony, and some more forum folk...<a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/CaribBert/S ... 4866"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/CaribBert/SKOa1GFJ ... 9.JPG"></a>

We had a nice visit:
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Even Eric was there:
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Ready4 and I were deep in conversation solving the world's problems....well, not really, she was telling me she was from Napa, California, and didn't like wine. The world's problems paled in that revalation...
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We had enough fun and merriment at the BB....and besides we were pretty hungry by then, so we left the BB and the wonderful Forum Friends and went to dinner at Rhumb Lines.
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In a word, it was FANTABULOUS!! If you like spicey Asian fare, this is the place for you! It was very, very good. Five stars at least. I met the owners, chefs and workers....they are all the same guys:
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O.K., here comes some food porn... I had the Pork and I also had a yummy Mojito:
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Barb had the Scallops:
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The Newbie had the Pad Thai:
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We were even entertained by T-Bird:
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We were full, happy campers, and figured we'd head home and retire to the solitude that was Idyllic. After a night cap....I know, more boozing......there is no helping us......we retired to the hypnotizing hum of the A/C....hoping that it would stay on all night.

Oh yeah, some one though the cactus by the villa was to ornery looking so they made a couple of amendments...
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Til tomorrow......G'night mates.

-Bert

[mbw1024]

good times Bert! the food porn is making me hungry

[pjayer]

You are so funny. I feel the sophistication in your story telling. You even make the cacti happy.

Ready4Paradise, I'll drink your share of wine. Just send it this way.

[California Girl]

Like PJ said, a very sophisticated trip report! Love the picture of the newbie with the palms behind her. Gorgeous!

[cptnkirk]

Well I found this report a tad bit unsophisticated and filled with trivial pics and the mention of adult drinks made me go make another. Lucky I'm a hick as I seemed to really enjoy the report. Keep up the good work. We also really enjoyed Rhumblines. They know spicy (GREAT BUNGHOLIOS OF FIRE)they have some HOT Tuna dish that is to die for. Think we shall return our next visit.

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[CariBert]

Nice pictures. first time I ever saw someone in a bathing cap in STJ.

Beach Bar gatherings are so good.

I must make a clarification about the head wear. They are not bathing caps, they are Scuba-Do-Rags we picked up at our local dive shop to protect our (my) head from the sun, but Barb wears one because it keeps the hair out of her mask whilst snorkeling.

Good eye SJ...thanks for noticing.

Cptn.....go make another drink. I, like yourself, do not type...so a camera is a MUST in trip reporting!

Thanks for all the comments.....more later.

-Bert

[stjdeb]

Enjoying your trip reports and photos are great, thank you. Someday, when I grow up, I want to stay at Gibney (and be taller, but thats another story)
Deb

[Jo Ann - VA]

Loving your pictures and trip reports. Thanks for doing it!

[Lulu76]

Yay, adult beverages! I have a rhumb lines' mojito on my to-do list for November. So my list now says:

Tuna Down Now
Beach Bar Gathering
Ivan's
Rhumb Lines mojito
Skinny's cheeseburger
Maho
see Pat at Shipwreck Landing

and that's it! What a busy week!

Where did you guys stay again? It looks nice!

[CariBert]

Yes, LuLu, your are getting quite a list there! We stayed at the Villa Idyllic offered by Vacation Vistas. It was really a very nice 3 bedroom 3 bath house with a pool. I'll have to do a villa review when I get through this loooooong trip report. I don't type, and I am not a writer, but I do have lots of pix to share!!

-Bert

[Neeners]

Love your report and your pictures! Thank you for sharing

[Nic in KC]

Another wonderful day! I agree, the bleu cheese burger and Skinny's is the best anywhere! Your details about Gibney are interesting to hear!

Thanks!

[hugo]

I wasn't going to say anything, but the details about Gibney might not be, shall we say, historically correct. Teri Gibney is a relatively recent transplant to St. John, the third wife of the famous (or infamous) John Gibney, who died in early 2003.
The provision ground, for example....all the old fruit trees there date back to a pretty massive commercial fruit production effort in the late 19th century. The owner at that time also owned Denis Bay, Peter Bay and Cinnamon Bay, and had hundreds of fruit trees and acres of bananas and pineapples. The owner went broke, but his descendants still live on St. John, including the famous (or infamous) Victor Hall--whose illegal roadside bar, the KIte, is fondly remembered by many.

[CariBert]

I wasn't going to say anything, but the details about Gibney might not be, shall we say, historically correct. Teri Gibney is a relatively recent transplant to St. John, the third wife of the famous (or infamous) John Gibney, who died in early 2003.
The provision ground, for example....all the old fruit trees there date back to a pretty massive commercial fruit production effort in the late 19th century. The owner at that time also owned Denis Bay, Peter Bay and Cinnamon Bay, and had hundreds of fruit trees and acres of bananas and pineapples. The owner went broke, but his descendants still live on St. John, including the famous (or infamous) Victor Hall--whose illegal roadside bar, the KIte, is fondly remembered by many.

Hugo, as they say in my spanking class...I stand corrected. Thanks for the accuracy check, I did not write down all of the details I learned that day. But I think I got the gist of things. I do know that it is an eclectic family for sure! Transplants, married ins, buy ins, happen to be there ins.....they are an interesting bunch!!

Thanks again, and, anytime you want to jump in and help me out, I really do appreciate it!

-Bert