St. Thomas
10 January 2007
Meg
We woke up in Soper's Hole, Tortola. Ariel is also staying with us for a few days because the engine on the boat she was on died, and her family's stuck for awhile. After everyone had a bit of breakfast, we sailed for about 2 hours to get to Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas. It was brutally hot, but fun anyways. And after about 15 minutes of walking, we spotted a Wendy's!!! YES!! So, we took a quick break for a double classic with cheese. Then, we went shopping!! Yay! Very, very hot, but still very, very fun. The people there were so nice, and it was really cool how you could bargain with them to lower the prices. It was worth going through customs to get there. We had to wait about 30 minutes for everyone to get cleared through (I was last). It was great though because we got all of our souvenir shopping done! Later, we sailed to Caneel Bay, where all of the kids went swimming and playing on the beach. We tried to get coconuts down from one of the trees, and John and dad decided to help us. Unfortunately, John cut his foot badly on a rock, and it doesn't look too good. He might have to get stitches! So, we just hung out on the boat for awhile, and then spent the night in Caneel Bay. Tomorrow is our "Swing day." Not quite sure what that means, but it sounds fun!!