Day 3 - St. Thomas

We had trouble deciding on a tour for St. Thomas. We had two objectives: 1) Beach Time and 2) a quick shopping trip. In the end, we decided to 'wing it' and get a cab to take us to a beach. We had decided on Megan's Beach and jumped in a taxi. That's when our adventure started.

So, our cab ride was a cross between Mr. Toad's wild ride and a trip to Jeopardy. The wild ride part had as much to do with the traffic and hilly roads as it did with our driver. Our driver was an interesting man who has spent a good portion of his life amassing trivia. During our time together, I learned that I know nothing about Ohio trivia. Well, I probably knew it once, but have since forgotten all of it. I really wish we would have had Scott with us, I think Scott could've taken him!

The cost to get to Megan's beach was $8 per person. Along the way he talked us into the 'scenic' drive to Sapphire Beach. Of course, this would be $10 person. As it turns out, the views of the island were interesting, and it was a good beach.

The water was clear, the sand was nice, and we had a view of St. John. We even managed to score a couple of beach chairs from one of the hotels. After a little while enjoying the sun we learned an interesting fact about our beach - it was an iguana infested beach! They're fascinating to watch, unless they're sitting on your beach towel or crawling under your chair. Then, they're a little creepy. And man, are they fast! Eventually Susan got tired of me standing on my beach chair shrieking like a little girl and suggested we head back to town.

The drive back to town was uneventful and we began the shopping portion of our day. I'm reading a pirate book and found it interesting that not much has changed. We still have 'sailors' hitting port to drink and trade, and locals looking to sell whatever the 'sailors' are looking for. Same as in my book, except it calls them Pirates and Privateers.

It was fun though, and we found a bar that had REALLY good Mojito's! So, we sipped our drinks and watch the amazing water.

All in all, it was a really fun adventure day with Susan.