tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225005620823671366.post164308917032883862..comments2023-04-09T02:05:03.211-07:00Comments on Fin Former Curmudgeon: Day Four - US VIFinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10370656823200205937noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225005620823671366.post-48121785288144133192011-06-14T07:47:29.535-07:002011-06-14T07:47:29.535-07:00When I was very much younger, I vacationed at the ...When I was very much younger, I vacationed at the far east end of St Croix, at Grapetree Bay. Lovely resort, side trips to the Buck Island Park and the Bomba Charger to St John, and a Grumman Goose flight to St Thomas. Loved it all.<br /><br />This visit was about 120 minutes in a torn up section of the west end, and not much of an representation of the island. Hence my photo of the torn up section. <br /><br />BTW, my first visit was shortly after the massacre at the Fountain Valley golf course, so it was a little nervous, although the natives pointed out (correctly) that Son of Sam had killed more people where I came from.Finhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10370656823200205937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225005620823671366.post-43574399074572767062011-06-14T05:38:11.552-07:002011-06-14T05:38:11.552-07:00Fin - How did you like St. Croix? I have been to S...Fin - How did you like St. Croix? I have been to St. Thomas (Didn't care for it) and I love St. John (My favorite Island in the Caribbean) but I have never done the St. Croix thing.Fijufichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00626543577510367007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225005620823671366.post-15688999369739737422011-06-13T22:36:00.420-07:002011-06-13T22:36:00.420-07:00Thank ye kindly there, Ben. Thing is, it was writ...Thank ye kindly there, Ben. Thing is, it was written by me for me, and never really intended to be shared. It is very much like what you write.<br /><br />I have really not had to change very much, however, to make it public, and again, I am enjoying being transported back to that time.Finhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10370656823200205937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225005620823671366.post-37382606016632403922011-06-13T19:33:18.449-07:002011-06-13T19:33:18.449-07:00Sounds like you had an amazingly good time - and t...Sounds like you had an amazingly good time - and that without partaking of the free drinks offered by the ship! Personally, the drone of the ship's engine would definitely help me sleep, but I suspect would be somewhat of an annoyance during waking hours. I have never been on a cruise ship and have put that on the list of a vacation I might possibly take. A short one, undoubtedly going along the coast. My other thought, though, is a white water river rafting trip. Anyway, you tell a good tale, superbly written, highly entertaining.BenBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09010864129122224612noreply@blogger.com