Back from St. Croix

 I see I have not posted here in WEEKS!

Kevin and I just returned from a week in St. Croix, US Virgin Islands. This is our fourth year that we've gone to the very same Cottages by the Sea. We are not adventurous folks, obviously!

We had a fabulous time. We were originally going to go to St. Croix in May but, quarantine. It was cancelled.  So then St. Croix opened up and we arranged to go in August (obviously.)

We rose insanely early on August 15th, boarded a plane which took us to Atlanta, and were waiting for the St. Croix plane when another couple nearby told us that St. Croix had locked down again due to coronavirus.

WHAT!!

We looked at our tablets and sure enough, there had been a surge of cases and so the governor of the US Virgin Islands had ordered the population to go back to stay at home.  Visitors were allowed to check into hotels or cottages by the sea until August 19th, so we were Ok. Grocery stores were open but no tourist attractions.

It turned out to be a wonderful week, and a very quiet one. We went to our cottage and we swam and snorkeled and talked and slept and had a wonderful time. We used the rental car to buy groceries (twice), to drive a little way to snorkel (once), and to get to and from the airport.  When we filled up before leaving, we had used all of about a gallon and a half of gas the whole week!

I love being simple. I love sitting on a patio watching the waves. I love walking down the beach and looking at the little sea creatures and the tidal pools and the water pouring this way and that.

I love snorkeling, except when I am stupid and don't put on enough sunscreen and get badly burned legs.  Yep, that happened.

However, it was still a fabulous week and a very refreshing one.

Where were the kids, you ask?  At home.  Naomi and Lydia were working quite a bit (Lydia has a full time nannying job, hooray!) and so Isaac was pretty much running things, though we gratefully thank Kevin's mom for coming over a few hours a day to help out. Isaac and the other big kids did a fabulous job.  We got home and everyone was alive and the house was not burned down. In fact, the house was in decent shape!

This week we have to hit the ground running as it is a busy busy week, but we both feel refreshed.

Also, there will be pictures soon on this blog. Kevin took thousands, literally.