Saturday, August 7, 2010

Vacation: Day One - Travel!!

Cameron on the tarmac in St. Thomas

 Okay, the wording on this post will be very brief because it is already Day 3 and I am just now posting Day 1.  Day 1 was simply a travel day.  We drove to Chicago the night before, stayed at a park and fly hotel and woke up at a ridiculously early time to get to the Chicago airport by 6:30 (A.M.!).  We flew non-stop to San Juan, Puerto Rico and had a 3 hour layover. After that we boarded a very small plane and flew the 27 minute flight to St. Thomas, where we rented two cars and raced across the island just as the boat ferry was getting ready to pull away. We managed to wave to them and they were nice enough to stop and let us drive right on.  The pictures that are on the water are from the car ferry, which took us to St. John, where a woman met us and drove us to our house, which is amazing!
   I will write more about the trip and who is here and why later. Enjoy the pictures....
Doug in his "travel attire"
The View from the car barge to St. John

My Sweet Hubbie, Cameron, and me on the boat
My Sweet Friend, "Susie St. John" as we have named her on this trip!
Penny & Susie waiting for the rental cars
Carolyn, Susan & Penny - lunch in Puerto Rico


This final image is one I took on the barge on the way between St. Thomas and St. John.  It is of my very good friends, Doug and Susie, who were celebrating their 21st wedding anniversary the next day. I didn't have time to edit all the above pictures, but I did edit just this one because they looked so great!
Doug & Susie - Twenty-One Years