No ticker, but THREE days until we're back! No vacation quite like an island escape after a Christmas day with the dysfunctional extended family!

Love this photo! I've seen some great fish snorkeling off St.John, but the turtles are still my favorite!

We only brought down a few things (organic cereals, peanut butter, snacks, microwave popcorn, etc), but one item that I threw in last minute after reading Pipanale's list was banana bread. I always have a loaf of homemade banana or zucchini bread in the freezer. I just took a frozen loaf out of the ...

We had to break out the spray today on the beach at Cinnamon Bay. Only on bite for me but DD is "ate up".

Enjoy those questions!
Soon it will be. . .
"Do we have time for me to straighten my hair before we go to the beach?"
"You expect me to take a 5 minute shower?"
"Why don't they make a waterproof phone so I can text while snorkeling?"

I'll take that forecast! How long will it take the multitudes of new mosquitos bred in the standing water to hatch?

I suggested that my husband, teen daughter and I pack one small bag with snacks for this trip. You know, healthy, munchy stuff like granola bars, cereal, trail mix--stuff that's easy to pack and always costs more on island. We're a "usually organic, minimal processed food" family. Or so I ...

Because our daughter was scheduled for surgery this summer, we had planned a Christmas break trip to STJ. Her surgery has now been postponed to Christmas Break!! AGGHHH!! Checked with the villa and they had an opening, changed the airfare, car rental, etc. We'll be on STJ two weeks from today!!! And...

I thought "Those Who Save Us" was good with a different perspective than you typically find in WWII fiction.

$740 for Christmas week! Delta and Cape Air combo. Let's hope I can keep my eyes closed for that 33 minute turboprop flight Villa booked, airfare booked, car reserved. . .now I just read all of your trip reports for the next 226 days and dream about sun and sand

Forgot to say that Cincinnati/Dayton are our top airports, although we've flown out of Indianapolis, Columbus, Louisville and Lexington.

We're traveling 12/23 and 12/30--prime holiday travel times, I know. What's the scoop on Cape Air?

I'm playing the game, but the airline is winning. Checked prices last week after we'd settled on a villa--$650. Waited until Saturday to book, and the fare went to $950. Sure that I could find a complicted connection and get it cheaper, I waited. Today I'm looking at $1050. At this rate, the airfare...

I've convinced the family that nothing would be better than being in St John for Christmas. Had planned for a week, but Destinations St John, who we rented from in 2008, has a 10 day minimum. I'm still getting over the sticker shock of the holiday rates :shock: and now I have to convince hubby that ...

The day you go home from a vacation is never easy, but it is difficult to leave such a beautiful place. We cleaned out the refigerator and had an interesting breakfast of ice cream, toast and a Rice Krispy treat for Greg, toast and an apple for me, and chips, cheese and guacamole for Layne! We clean...