Random Bits of News
A few people have asked me lately if there is a ferry between St. Thomas and St. Croix (about 40 miles away). The answer is "sometimes." From what I can tell, almost every year there is a different company that tries to maintain a regular ferry between the islands. One of them, the VI Fast Ferry, has been around for many years, but this past year it chose not to operate. I read in the paper that it didn't think the new company would last and so it didn't see any reason to spend the money competing this year. Well, they were right. Island Lynx ferry apparently went out of business about a month ago, after sporadic service since the spring. (There was no service last winter because the Island Lynx kept delaying its start date.) I heard that VI Fast Ferry was willing to start up again if it was assured a monopoly. No such luck for them. As of last Friday, a new ferry company is in town - VI SeaTrans.
A friend of mine had a baby yesterday in Arizona. This reminded me of something I've mentioned to a few people who all thought it was most interesting: Women having babies here on St. Thomas this summer were probably excited - as of this July, epidurals are now available on the island!
We're going on a cruise next week! (A Caribbean cruise, of course!) We fly to San Juan on Saturday on Cape Air to get on the Crown Princess. Cape Air flies the tiniest commercial plane I've ever been on, easily. It holds 8 people, including the pilot. Both times I've flown, I've been in the co-pilot seat. They put the smallest person in the co-pilot seat. I feel like this should concern me. There's got to be a weight limit on these planes, right? All the latest TSA concerns about liquids in carry-ons haven't really affected us much with island hopping here. Why not? Because some of the airlines don't have security (seaplane) and many of the airlines have such small planes that you can't bring anything on board with you other than a small handbag (seaplane, cape air). Everything gets checked!
I'll try to blog again before we leave, as there is much to write about, and I'm sure once we get back we'll have even more to write about on this blog!
A friend of mine had a baby yesterday in Arizona. This reminded me of something I've mentioned to a few people who all thought it was most interesting: Women having babies here on St. Thomas this summer were probably excited - as of this July, epidurals are now available on the island!
We're going on a cruise next week! (A Caribbean cruise, of course!) We fly to San Juan on Saturday on Cape Air to get on the Crown Princess. Cape Air flies the tiniest commercial plane I've ever been on, easily. It holds 8 people, including the pilot. Both times I've flown, I've been in the co-pilot seat. They put the smallest person in the co-pilot seat. I feel like this should concern me. There's got to be a weight limit on these planes, right? All the latest TSA concerns about liquids in carry-ons haven't really affected us much with island hopping here. Why not? Because some of the airlines don't have security (seaplane) and many of the airlines have such small planes that you can't bring anything on board with you other than a small handbag (seaplane, cape air). Everything gets checked!
I'll try to blog again before we leave, as there is much to write about, and I'm sure once we get back we'll have even more to write about on this blog!
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