Friday Beach Picture

First off have to give Vicki H credit for the photo. For those of you that don't recognize the beach it is White Bay on Jost VanDyke. If you haven't had the opportunity to read her trip report form a recent charter with CYOA then check it out here. It is full of equally wonderful pictures and some of the funniest writing you will ever read.

Deb and I are heading over to St John this evening on a boat, it's for work I swear. I have to help with a photo shoot that we are doing for CYOA. I was actually over there the night before last and all day yesterday but the weather just wouldn't play nice so we are going to try again in the morning. So stay tuned I am sure that Deb will be doing a little iPhone reporting.

Jay

Three Kings Day

Three Kings Day, originally uploaded by captainjay.

Today is Three Kings Day and is a celebrated holiday in the Virgin Islands. It is the twelfth day after Christmas (which is historically the 12 days of Christmas, not the usual twelve days before Christmas)
which marks the end the Christmas holiday and is celebrated by festive meals and taking down all Christmas decorations.

To learn more, go to: three-kings-day.123holiday.net/

Today, Jay and I are celebrating by taking one of CYOA's boats over to St. John to get it ready for the photo shoot they are doing for their new brochures. Sounds like a good way to celebrate to me. :-)

Recession? What Recession?

Deb and I noticed the other day what looked like an unusually large number of private planes at the airport. Well here is the article in the paper to prove it. Over 80 private planes, a large number of which were jets including Air Force 2 with the Biden family aboard, visited St Thomas for the holidays.

Jay

Bill and Carole's last supper

Beautiful sunset tonight. The view from Oceana is spectacular. Tonight is Bill and Carole's last night on St. Thomas and my last night of my holiday break so we're having a nice dinner and taking it all in.

Update - I meant to add this last night. Although Oceana is a nice restaurant, it wasn't our first pick for the last supper. We wanted to take them somewhere that they hadn't been before. Not thinking about it being Sunday and how many restaurants are actually closed on Sunday, our first three picks were closed, Thirteen, Northside Bistro and Bella Blue. So make sure to keep that in mind when planning your restaurant choices.

The dinner started out really great. Nice view, good service, excellent food. But as the evening went on, the restaurant really started filling up and our waiter disappeared. No drink refills for you! Oh well, it was still a nice night and nice ending to our visit with our friends. Sad to see them go.

Sunday, Sunday

Sunday, Sunday, originally uploaded by captainjay.

Last day of my holiday break and last full day on St. Thomas for Bill
and Carole....boooo! I don't want it to be over.

We're spending the day at Magens Bay, waiting for Jay to get off work.
Not sure what the plan is for tonight. Maybe head over to Honeymoon
Beach on Water Island to hear Eric Stone play and participate in the
Sunday night pot luck, or cook out at the house, or go out to eat at
one of the wonderful St. Thomas restaurants. Hmmmm, decisions,
decisions. :-)

St. John Day

St. John Day, originally uploaded by captainjay.

We took the car barge over to St. John today. Jay had to work so it
was just Bill, Carole and I. It took forever at the St. Thomas dock,
but coming back was a breeze. I made Bill back up on the barge coming
over but I got brave and did it myself coming back. Not too bad if I
say so myself. :-)

We drove over to Coral Bay to Skinny Legs for lunch, then back to Cruz
Bay for shopping. It was a great day, too bad Jay wasn't here with us.

Can't believe my break is almost over. I don't want it to end. :-(

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!, originally uploaded by captainjay.

Finally got some nice weather so we headed to the boat with Bill and
Carole. It's a beautiful day! They say how you spend new years day
will determine how you spend the rest of the year. So be positive and
enjoy!!