Day 1

Our trip to St. Thomas started in Philadelphia, with a short puddle jumper to Dulles Airport. From Dulles we flew nonstop to St. Thomas. Our plane was delayed in Dulles, so we were late getting into St. Thomas. By the time we got there we were exhausted. We parked our car in the "parking spot" - I use the term loosely -

 and plans to go out to eat were quickly dismissed.  We got out of our winter clothes (yay!) and went to the grocery store.

Anyone who has ever gone to a grocery store in the "islands" will quickly tell you that it isn't cheap. My dreams of buying local, exotic fruit at low prices turned into Florida Avocados for $2 each. Really? Pineapples were $6. I kid you not. I can buy a Costa Rican pineapple in Delaware for $3, but here the same pineapple is $6. Liquor, on the other hand, was dirt cheap.  Anyway, not much in the food department to blog about for the first day. Day 2 will bring more interesting surprises.