Carnival Daze!
30 April 2010 | Druit Bay, St. Thomas, USVI
Carnival Daze!
Today we anchored outside town while "Vanilla" parked right beside a large cruise ship. After lunch we took the dinghy to the dinghy dock and wondered through town. Turns out that we have arrived in time for Carnival and today we have "the children's parade". Tomorrow is "the adult parade". Everything is closed and will be for the month unless they "feel" like opening. We found a few shops open around the one cruise ship that had docked here and we also found a large grocery store with comparable prices to things imported. As always, liquor is so cheap, unlike the food. Ah we are back in the USA where everyone can afford to get pissed (drunk) but can't afford to eat!
Life is good!
We headed back to our dinghy with 2 bottles of Vodka, 2 bottles of Gin and 4 bottles of Rum... That should last us until tomorrow...lol (laugh out loud)
We are trying to reduce our freezer and still have 1 meal of spaghetti, 2 meals of our Ham & Wild Rice Chowder and 1 Butter Chicken, plus the fish we caught..
Groceries seem to be half 'n half for coffee and fresh veggies or salad. Yes Janice, we still have plenty of canned goods from Vero Beach..LOL (Laugh Out Loud)
Guess what, I couldn't sleep much last night and found that I could occasionally connect to the internet. I downloaded our emails and hope to be able to respond soon.
Still love my mail and seeing comments posted on the blog.
Notes: Mum, I understand completely why you rushed down the end of the driveway each day to check the mail box. You were so alone in Canada with your only sister and family back home.
Christine, do you remember when we got a talking too for picking up mum's mail? We thought we were doing her a favour. As mum said, it was the only thing she looked forward too all day... And I now understand! One of Steve's peeve's is that I always want to have a connection to the internet, to my world and my family. Oh and I always want to download the "Blog" which seems to occupy so much of my time. . But that's all I have is time (one can only hope). Actually, Steve's become just as addicted to the blog and even though he's not as much a communicator, when he finds something of interest he's the first to pick up a pen and start to write; which of course means that I have to type and enter it into the computer. Apparently, some of his bad grammar is for comic effect; so I never know what to leave in.