Time To Go

Our last day began like the first – truly enjoying being with our friends.   

We loaded up Suki, their beach vehicle, and headed over the mountain into Cruz Bay for a going away breakfast.  We pulled up at Cruz Bay Landing, and I was feeling a little melancholy about our pending departure.  I struggled with what I wanted to drink.  It is morning so…  Coffee…  No No it is going to be a long day… hydrate… water… Hey, you are still on vacation a Bloody Mary that is what you need.  Oh, what the hell, one each please – I could not go wrong.

 

I am not sure if Cruz Bay Landing’s Bloody Mary is as good as what I remember of JJs, their predecessor, but hands down the food is much better.   

We opted to take the ferry directly Charlotte Amalie.  Our bags were stacked on the deck, and we decided to also stay outside for our trip.   Wanting to catch our last view of the island, the dark clouds did not concern us.   Then I felt a drop, than another one, and then with a violent wave and scream from a crewman the Captain of the ferry took off.  Accelerating as soon as he could we left St John in the pouring rain with a wake.   The rain lasted only for a few minutes and the wind dried our clothes by the time we reached St Thomas. 

 

 

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Since 2004, we have had a tradition of going to Café Amici next to A. H. Riise in St Thomas as part of our return home journey.  They have always served great brick oven pizzas that would keep me full enough to avoid an airplane box food.   The server informed us that many of the ingredients for the pizzas and some menu items were not available because today was their last day.  Café Amici had been sold.  The new owners plan to reopen, but with a fine dining theme.   We wish them well, but our tradition ended with a White Margherita pizza.  So now full from lunch and my melancholy compounded with the news of Café Amici's pending closure we headed to the airport.  

On a glum cloudy afternoon in the islands, we returned to pouring rain in Virginia at 1 AM. 

 

 

However as we pulled into the driveway we both had smiles on our faces and love in hearts because we knew that we will be returning to St John at least once more before the year ends.