My reports are getting long in the tooth….

Monday, we went to Sapphire Beach and pool. Kind of lazed around all day and did nothing. Went to Burrito bay for lunch, and used our Rotary coupons. Mmmm – good food! They scallops wrapped in bacon and gave us a big container for just $3 – enough to feed 4 of us. Couple that with some jerk chicken and we were happy. LLBL and I had plans to get the kids together at the Marriott pool that evening, and we planned on toasting the departing cruise ships at the bon voyage cocktail hour. Well, apparently, that is either no more or does not happen in off season, ‘cus there was no party. We’d brought our bottle of leftover painkillers from the BVI day (First mate Stephanie sent everyone off with a bottle of the leftovers).

LLBL brought a bottle of wine down for us to share. The pool bar was closed – it closes so early! It wasn’t yet 6pm. We talked and drank while the kids swam in the pool. We all decided to head to Indigo for dinner so the kids could continue to swim while the parents relaxed. Worked perfectly. We had a great meal at Indigo and the kids had their own table and swam in the pool. We ordered Mango Mojitos that night – yummm!

A great day with our new friends. The kids were just having the best time together, which made us parents very happy and we were able to enjoy ourselves.

Another great day!

Tuesday – we awoke feeling lazy and everyone kind of bummed around the house for a while. It was very late in the morning when we decided to go to Mountaintop, check out the view, buy souvenirs, and have a famous banana daiquiri. On the way, we had fun pulling over and picking up mangos from the roadside…sooooo many everywhere – and really, really good and juicy. We must have had 20 mangos in the van when we pulled up to mountaintop.

Nobody gout out right away because we were enjoying our mangos so much.

Eventually, we went in and poked around for a little more than an hour. Geoff met an artists and talked about his photos and family history on STT. The bartender was kind enough to give us a little banana with our large cups of rum -- wooooooo -this was no tourist trap daiquiri...unless they want us drunk so we'll spend more money. Wow!

Sherri and I caught up on the phone and she invited us all over for an afternoon snack and some cocktails with her and Jeff at Rockworks. We went right over, but passed her road and wound up down at the bottom of her hill...at Dorothea Bay....what a beautiful place!! Down there, we found a little girl with a horse....a beautiful beach, a small residential community and more MANGOS on the roadside. We replenished our stock.

Back up and went to Sherri and Jeff's. Sherri had a lovely tray of cheeses and crackers....rum and cokes...and then she and Jeff picked some fresh pineapple and papaya from their grounds as we all walked around....and Jeff whipped up fresh fruit smoothies in the blender. The girls were invited into the hot tub, which they enjoyed - the Rockworks pool was getting a new paint-job, so that was off limits. We walked over and got to go inside the famous shack (Rockworks is a popular and luxurious rental villa owned and cared for by Jeff and Sherri - and Jeff and Sherri live in a smaller home in the distance - affectionately known as "the shack"!! Sooooo cute! We also saw all of the progress they've made with their construction site for the new home - it's all clear and ready to go....now that they've drilled all the rock out! We had a great afternoon with them!! Thank you Jeff and Sherri for all of your hospitality.

We left them and went back to the villa for our planned night of grilling on the gallery. We had burgers and chicken all set to go. Yummm! Again, early to bed. Next day is Festival on St John!!!!