Part 12: (Vacation Part 2 – ahhhhhh…. Lemon makes lemonade at Waterlemon)
OK - almost over…
What a great turn of events – yes, it will cost us another $600, another vacation day, and a missed party, but we get to extend our vacation which had been great up until Friday’s Hell-day and we get to spend the next 2 nights in a very nice 3Bd pool villa. I really like these remodeled 3Bd pool villas – for a family (or group of people) what a good resale purchase. We spend the rest of the day at the villa lazy around the pool – totally great. Too bad they do not have a 1bd version of this. The Bose speakers are great in the courtyard. At night we take the taxi-bus to Cruz Bay and go back to Rhumb Lines and get more Pupus and to share some of the spicy Pad Thai. We take leftovers home to enjoy later.
The next day I go down to O’Connor car rentals and rent a Jeep Laredo (only vehicle available) – head over to Starfish and picked up some minor supplies (water and beer) and get some sandwiches for a lunch trip and snorkel over to Waterlemon Cay at Leinster Bay (
http://www.stjohnbeachguide.com/Beaches/leinster.html). Waterlemon has great snorkeling and we had been there last year by boat. The walk out is a bit long but no hard – I would estimate about 1 mile or so. We eat lunch there and it starts raining – we use the Neat Sheet to protect ourselves. Luckily, the rain stops (as it usually does) and we go out for a snorkel to Waterlemon Cay. The back side of the Cay has a strong current so we stay on the front side. On the way back we see a large stingray and a small green turtle – both we follow around a bit. On the way back there is a family of donkeys hanging out at the main beach. We get back to the car and decide to go to Trunk Bay and snorkel the Cay there. It is wonderful – it is a bit late and hardly anyone is there. These had to be the most romantic snorkels we have ever had – holding hands and taking our time on both. I tell Robin that I would marry her all over – she is so wonderful and adds a great calm to everything (she rarely complains or gets upset – she leaves that to me) – I love her so much.
We head back to the villa and hang out by the pool – fantastic day. We eat our leftovers and some remaining snacks, and get ready for our return home finally. I am finally feeling better (except for a cough) and we have a relaxing night by the pool.
Not much left to tell – we make sure we get the 11AM ferry to get to STT in time. Breeze thru Customs and TSA check – and manage to get Exit seats on the way home (we had separate middle seats – so a nice AA gate person came thru for us). The only hitch getting home is that we were delayed an additional 2.5 hours in MIA (with one of those annoying pullback from the gate to sit for 45 minutes). We don’t get back to SFO until about 1AM and get home around 2AM – I had to be at work for a 8:30 AM meeting – drag… it was going to be a long week, but our vacation was great (w/o Hell-day). Thanks again WSJ.
All’s well that ends well – hope you enjoyed this long trip report.
.This report has everything and links to boot.Great thread. A lot of the WSJ threads I saved as reference you posted on and I used those posts for my trip.Thanks again.
