Cruzan Adventures

To make up for the lack of November adventure, I recently had two adventures while in St. Croix.

The first adventure was going on a seaplane! My business trip to St. Croix involved going to St. Thomas for the day, so we took a Seaborne Airline flight between the islands. It was my first time on a seaplane, and I loved it! It was so cool bobbing along on the water, then taking off and landing on the water. And the flight was low enough that, when we were over land, you could see quite a bit of the landscape.

The second adventure came after the business part of my trip. Unfortunately, tropical storm Olga moved in to the area just as I had free time, and the weather turned windy and periodically rainy. The adventure I had planned - a day trip of snorkelling - was cancelled due to the winds. I had explored Christiansted pretty thoroughly, and in an effort to avoid boredom, rented a car.

Now, this would not be an adventure in most places. But in the Virgin Islands, they drive American cars - on the opposite side of the road! It's very disorienting, and requires a lot of concentration when turning, to make sure you go into the proper lane. I managed to avoid wandering into the wrong lane, though, and spent an afternoon driving around the island to see the various beaches, forests and Fredericksted.

So, that's it for 2007... now I am looking forward to the New Year and the adventures it brings!