This morning I was happy to get up and watch the ship arrive at Havensight Port on St. Thomas Island. It was cloudy and you could see the rain coming down in the distant horizon. Eventually the sun shot through the clouds shooting rays up and down the skyline. Great mounds of rolling hills appeared on the starboard side of the ship. The temps outside were fantastic. 70's.
I stopped by the Horizon Court Cafe to pick up breakfast...cereal, boiled eggs, baked apples, peaches, mango, and English Muffins & Banana Bread. There is no way I could eat all this...but my man is a big breakfast eater and he dove into it with the hunger of a starving bear.
We quickly showered and left the ship about 9:00am walking a two mile jaunt into the town, Charlotte Amelia. Our ship was docked in a beautiful area with lots of shops and also a well organized cab and bus depot. The road into Charlotte Amelia was very busy with lots of heavy noisy traffic. Cars were traveling on the opposite side of the road, the only place in the US to do this. It was a pleasure to get to the dock that lines the familar old bay that Larry and I saw 24 years ago.
We visited St. Thomas with Kristy and the Davis family for Spring Break. Want to shout out to Jerry, Ann, Zachary, and Matthew Davis right now because we were traveling together with them...a family holiday. We actually landed in St. Thomas and then took a boat to our little paradise in St. Johns. I remember two things.... One....It was extremely hot (April was the time of year) and Two....a lizard got loose in our home and was a terror to us when it got time to go to bed. It is really funny to think about now, but then it was serious business.
Today we decided that we were going to visit Blackbeard's Castle and the famous 99 Stairs that led up to it. We spotted it as we came into town...a unique looking tower. Up the stairs we went...48 steps before we reached the infamous 99 stairs.
Can you spot our ship from the top if Blackbeard's castle?
On we went to find that the 99 stairs were really 103 steps. Continuing up the hill we came to another set of steps just below the castle...another 48 steps.
Wonder who was counting these steps? I have a feeling they had been sampling the famous Caribbean Rum that was advertised down in the town. HA!
We finally made it to the top and enjoyed the tremendous view of the famous St. Thomas Bay. GORGEOUS!
We watched cruise ships arrive, planes with water skis land and take off, and spotted our ship parked in its own private cove. After many Kodak moments we wondered back down another different set of
stairs coming to the Fort Christopher, 1671, which needed some real TLC!
We did some shopping and then started heading back toward the ship being that it was almost noon. We stopped at the post office and met an enjoyable couple from Australia that were traveling on the our ship. We both talked and joked all the way back to the ship. Larry and I spent some more time shopping, using the internet, and eating a spot of lunch before heading back on board. We made it back missing a tremendous down pour that we had no idea was going to happen.
We enjoyed listening to Rod Stewarts biography, watching the huge jets take off and land on the island, and watching the ship leave the harbor. The day passed on by. What a fabulous day... comfortable temperatures, grand views of the Atlantic, new friends, and my man! What else does a girl need?
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