Tales of a Shoebox Princess

 I could look at the blue of the ocean all day long, especially on a sunny day. I will refrain from posting all of the blue water pictures I took, but here are three:  I swear that there is no filter used for this picture I love a good horizon pic Blue and white were the colors at my high school, but I don't think that's the reason I like blue and white together Just one more. room service fruit platter and chicken noodle soup an alkie-free drinky-drink on the deck and boy, howdy, it was refreshing! Can't remember what it was but it wasn't sickly sweet. I wanted to drink many of them, but I think the bartender wasn't quite sure how he made them. I was a little disappointed that the bartenders didn't know how to make the drink. I don't think they were well versed in non-alcoholic drinks. I ordered one later on and it was different and not as good. Pam and I chatted while we baked in the sun. We've been friends since our youngest boys were born (a month ap...

Saint Thomas is a lot like Saint Maarten, which we visited (it was a "work" trip for me, but my brother boss let me bring Jim) back in 2015 (has it been that long???): hilly with lots of vacation homes dotting said hills.  I have no pictures from breakfast, but it was kind of memorable because it was Pam's birthday. We had agreed to meet Pam and Tim for breakfast at one of the dining rooms so we could order brekky. Jim and I arrived at the agreed upon time and we were ready to go. Pam and Tim weren't there, but we waited and waited. I tried texting Pam, and finally calling, but no answer. Finally 20 minutes later, and we had already ordered and had started eating, she texted back, saying they had missed an alarm and would be down shortly. I won't go into their excuses and argument between the two of them but I was a bit taken aback. I did excuse myself to run up to our room to grab the card I had brought to give to Pam but when I had returned to the table, she had...

 After the first fortress, we got back on the excursion bus to head to the second fortress: San Felipe Del Morro. I was impressed by the greenway leading up to the fort.  The greenway to the left of the long long sidewalk that led from the street to the fort and the greenway to the right. The red dome is a building in the middle of a wonderful cemetery that you can't see in this photo because of the light tan wall.  The fort. See the long walkway? It was long. we approach the entry to the fort. We did not follow a guide in the fort.  This colorful fellow was surveying the tourists as they entered  Inside the fort was my favorite color.  Light house at San Felipe The view of San Juan from San Felipe This tiny little sub-fortress is iconic--many of the souvenirs from this  place feature it and I must agree it is very photogenic.  Why didn't the tourist board use this brutalist structure as souvenir images?  Me from down the hall from the main p...