Tuesday, November 18. 2008
Hassel Island, USVI
Well Did you miss me? No, I did not run away but I slept all day Sunday!!!! Bad Willy T's!!! 
We enjoyed watching the guests in the morning pack, we are always glad that we don't have to do it. These ones were smart and just brought everything upstairs to fit in the bags.
Others had to sign the guest book...
and Simba looks like he could have slept on the dirty smelly laundry all day I would say!
Monday was very busy. We had to get down to St thomas, which we did, mid afternoon. There used to be a Tiki Tiki party barge that people always looked trashed on from the cruise ships, it is having quite a bit of work done on it now so it will be out plying it's rum swizzle drinks again I am sure!
This is Promenade going through the cut in between Hassel Island and St Thomas. Hassel Island used to be a peninsula of St Thomas. It was separated about 1860, for a few reasons. One being that the water in the deep harbor was absolutely PUTRID. This is when the Danish established a small leper colony on Hassel Island. After purchasing the islands from the Danish in 1917 the Army Corps of Engineers widened it in 1919.
Nice palm tree on the beach!
A few old charter boats that I have not seen for awhile. Serendy is a boat that i looked at purchasing back half a dozen years ago, it is looking pretty sad and mislooked after sitting there now!
Hitauk is the old german minesweeper that Petra and Arno own. I always think that this boat has mystery about it!
We saw paradiso (Of David Vann fame) it actually looks way better then the last time I saw it, it appears to be clean AND have some paint on it!
This pirate boat was sitting in Charlotte Amalie Harbor, looking like it will be ready to do some kind of pirate tours at some time. Surprising to me, I have had several emails from pirates boats wanting to come down here and offer short pirate tours around the harbour this year. AND the RMS Bounty (replice) is for sale as well!
Here is the marine slip on Hassel Island that they are cleaning up. From being built originally in 1840 it was used off and on up until the 1960's! Pretty impressive....
Creque Marine Railway was built in 1940 as the St thomas Marine repair slip and is probably one of, if not the earliest known, steam powered marine railways. there are still many pieces of old equipment everywhere.
Some large anchors off the railway.
Garrison House at Fort Willoughby, The Danish use the island in the 17th and 18th centuries for defense and then the British used it during the Napoleonic wars.
this is Fort Shipley, or Shipleys Battery if you like.
Hassel Island was also where the small hotel was located that was immortalized in Herman Wouk's Book "Don't Stop the Carnival" printed in the 1960's. A must read for everyone thinking of moving to the islands.
Two other things that came through my inbox today. Guana Island is featured in Go magazine. Click on the picture to go to the PDF of the article.
And the spa at Little Dix was featured in Global, again click on the picture to go to the article in PDF.
I was in the post office in St Thomas this morning and sent the boys over to MacDonalds to get breakfast sandwiches. It was close and easy. When they came back saying they could not even see through the greasy hand prints on the door and they just got me some and were not having any themselves, I decided I could do quite nicely with out them!! We stopped at the other MacDonalds yesterday as well and it was just as pathetic. After being in line for 25 minutes watching one women with one plastic glove on making burgers with one hand, I went for the almost burnt apple pies and order of fries that I figured I had a hope in hell of getting!
Picked up diesel at Yacht Haven as Crown Bay Fuel Dock was closed and that was $4.50 a gallon. We are tucked up nice and safe back in Harbourview tonight, and I probably have more stories but they will have to wait as I am too tired!
We enjoyed watching the guests in the morning pack, we are always glad that we don't have to do it. These ones were smart and just brought everything upstairs to fit in the bags.
Others had to sign the guest book...
and Simba looks like he could have slept on the dirty smelly laundry all day I would say!
Monday was very busy. We had to get down to St thomas, which we did, mid afternoon. There used to be a Tiki Tiki party barge that people always looked trashed on from the cruise ships, it is having quite a bit of work done on it now so it will be out plying it's rum swizzle drinks again I am sure!
This is Promenade going through the cut in between Hassel Island and St Thomas. Hassel Island used to be a peninsula of St Thomas. It was separated about 1860, for a few reasons. One being that the water in the deep harbor was absolutely PUTRID. This is when the Danish established a small leper colony on Hassel Island. After purchasing the islands from the Danish in 1917 the Army Corps of Engineers widened it in 1919.
Nice palm tree on the beach!
A few old charter boats that I have not seen for awhile. Serendy is a boat that i looked at purchasing back half a dozen years ago, it is looking pretty sad and mislooked after sitting there now!
Hitauk is the old german minesweeper that Petra and Arno own. I always think that this boat has mystery about it!
We saw paradiso (Of David Vann fame) it actually looks way better then the last time I saw it, it appears to be clean AND have some paint on it!
This pirate boat was sitting in Charlotte Amalie Harbor, looking like it will be ready to do some kind of pirate tours at some time. Surprising to me, I have had several emails from pirates boats wanting to come down here and offer short pirate tours around the harbour this year. AND the RMS Bounty (replice) is for sale as well!
Here is the marine slip on Hassel Island that they are cleaning up. From being built originally in 1840 it was used off and on up until the 1960's! Pretty impressive....
Creque Marine Railway was built in 1940 as the St thomas Marine repair slip and is probably one of, if not the earliest known, steam powered marine railways. there are still many pieces of old equipment everywhere.
Some large anchors off the railway.
Garrison House at Fort Willoughby, The Danish use the island in the 17th and 18th centuries for defense and then the British used it during the Napoleonic wars.
this is Fort Shipley, or Shipleys Battery if you like.
Hassel Island was also where the small hotel was located that was immortalized in Herman Wouk's Book "Don't Stop the Carnival" printed in the 1960's. A must read for everyone thinking of moving to the islands.
Two other things that came through my inbox today. Guana Island is featured in Go magazine. Click on the picture to go to the PDF of the article.
And the spa at Little Dix was featured in Global, again click on the picture to go to the article in PDF.
I was in the post office in St Thomas this morning and sent the boys over to MacDonalds to get breakfast sandwiches. It was close and easy. When they came back saying they could not even see through the greasy hand prints on the door and they just got me some and were not having any themselves, I decided I could do quite nicely with out them!! We stopped at the other MacDonalds yesterday as well and it was just as pathetic. After being in line for 25 minutes watching one women with one plastic glove on making burgers with one hand, I went for the almost burnt apple pies and order of fries that I figured I had a hope in hell of getting!
Picked up diesel at Yacht Haven as Crown Bay Fuel Dock was closed and that was $4.50 a gallon. We are tucked up nice and safe back in Harbourview tonight, and I probably have more stories but they will have to wait as I am too tired!
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