The "Oh! For Just One More Trip To SXM!

It was an ordinary day.  Wishing my wife and I could travel just one more time to the Caribbean for a vacation.  We have traveled to the Caribbean many times in our life and have totally enjoyed every minute of each trip.  Trips to St. Thomas, St. Croix, Tortola, Virgin Gorda, Antigua, Bahamas, Aruba, Jamaica,  Curacao, Grand Cayman, Anguilla, Turks and Caicos, St. Barths and Barbados all were stops along the way as we spent most of our retirement years enjoying warm water and sun.  We have been extremely lucky to have had a healthy retirement which allowed us to travel as much as we have.  But, time does take it's toll!  My back has been a factor and I struggle to walk and stand up at times.  Carol's health has been much better, but she tires at times....usually trying to take care of me.  So, when I told her the other day that we need to take at least one more trip to the Caribbean...her eyes brightened and I could almost see her head to the closet to get the luggage out of the closet.  If...and when we do decide to travel to the Caribbean, it well be to our most favorite vacation warm spot, the island known as Sint Maarten/St. Martin.  One side of the island its Dutch while the other side is French.  If you have been reading this blog, you will remember that we have made several trips to the dual island for vacationing as well as spending time with the many friends that we have come to know since we have traveled to the island.  One of our first stops after renting a car from Leslie would be a visit to Barbara who lives in the hills of Sint Maarten.  We met Barbara on our first trip and found out she lived in our home state of Pennsylvania before she moved to Sint Maarten years ago.  We know the exact villa that we want to rent from Magali, our island Realtor, whom we got to know on our first trip to the island.  And, then there is the young girl named Dakota who was our waitress many times who has the same two different colored eyes as I do.  And, can't forget Crystal, our favorite waitress by the beach who always remembered us each and every time we would visit her island paradise.  Each visit yielded a few new friends that we find while looking at our many scrapbooks that tell of our love of the dual island known as Sint Maarten/St. Martin.  Anyone up for a visit to the Caribbean with us?  You pay and we'll be your tour guys!  I promise!!  It was another extraordinary day in the life of an ordinary guy.