Ribs on the BBQ
The ribs and on the bbq and the potato fries are in the oven. Kendra had to work late today because the chambers crew went to St. John to check out the courtroom there, so I am cooking dinner first, then picking her up from work. Ribs sounded like a good change after the quasi-Caribbean stew that we had the last two nights.
I spent most of today reading a book that Kendra got me, Herman Wouk's "Don't Stop the Carnival". Basically it is about a guy who decides to buy and manage a hotel in "Amerigo" (a fictional land bearing much resemblance to the VI). The book is an interesting read.
The last few days have been a bit hazy. A couple of mornings ago the haze was heavy enough to look a bit like fog. Turns out that we get quite a bit of dust from the Sahara Desert as well as dust and ash from the island Montserrat. This time the cause of the haze was Montserrat. The island has several volcanoes, one of which has been continually active since the 90's. When the volcano first erupted in 1995, most of the 12,000 or so inhabitants fled the island, and as it stands, the former major town of island is the restricted "Exclusion Zone." More info on Montserrat is on their webpage. Below is an image from the website showing just how much of the island is off limits.
I spent most of today reading a book that Kendra got me, Herman Wouk's "Don't Stop the Carnival". Basically it is about a guy who decides to buy and manage a hotel in "Amerigo" (a fictional land bearing much resemblance to the VI). The book is an interesting read.
The last few days have been a bit hazy. A couple of mornings ago the haze was heavy enough to look a bit like fog. Turns out that we get quite a bit of dust from the Sahara Desert as well as dust and ash from the island Montserrat. This time the cause of the haze was Montserrat. The island has several volcanoes, one of which has been continually active since the 90's. When the volcano first erupted in 1995, most of the 12,000 or so inhabitants fled the island, and as it stands, the former major town of island is the restricted "Exclusion Zone." More info on Montserrat is on their webpage. Below is an image from the website showing just how much of the island is off limits.
posted by Dave at 6:27 PM
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The first sentence of this blog post sounds like a lyric from a country song (albeit kind of a crass one: "Get your biscuits in the oven and your buns in the bed," by "the Kinkster," Kinky Friedman). Thanks for telling me about the blog, Kendra! I look forward to following the good times of Dave and Kendra's Excellent V.I. Adventure in the coming months.
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