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Archive for October, 2007
A Local’s Vacation - Part 5
Sunday, October 28th, 2007Well, today is my last day on the island and we are going sailing. I love sailing! I used to go sailing a lot when I was younger and really miss it. On the way over we passed a beautiful golf course nestled in a valley on the North side of the island. Mahogany Run [...]
A Local’s Vacation - Part 4
Saturday, October 27th, 2007Woke up Saturday and the sky was beautiful as it was every day. Willie tells me it’s not normally this nice in October and I’ve been lucky to have had good weather everyday. Our plans for the day are to drive around the west end of the island to the various beaches on the north [...]
A Local’s Vacation - Part 3
Friday, October 26th, 2007Friday we took it easy and hung out around the house so I didn’t take any pictures. It was my birthday and I didn’t really want to go out in sun after getting toasted yesterday. Being the computer geek I am, I helped Willie reinstall windows on his laptop. I figure it’s fair exchange for [...]
A Local’s Vacation - Part 2
Thursday, October 25th, 2007My first full day on St. Thomas started after sunrise, which was much earlier than where I had come from the day before. I could get used to the lesser change in length of day, they don’t even bother with Daylight Savings Time down here. Some morning coffee hits the spot as the day before [...]
A Local’s Vacation - Part 1
Wednesday, October 24th, 2007I’ve always had a fascination with the island of St. Thomas in the US Virgin Islands because one of the earliest photo memories I have is from a vacation my parents went on when I was 3 years old. I can clearly picture the small wave of crystal clear water with a tiny fish swimming [...]