Celtics Won and the Red Sox Also Won

2 victories for the lads last night. The Celtics, bless them, are in the NBA Finals, where they will absolutely toast the smoggers.

List of Villas on St. John

Here is information about st john virgin islands villa rentals. If you are planning to take a vacation in st john, you should use either of these websites to find a house or condo or villa to rent. If you are planning a trip, you might as well do some research and use this St John Villa Rental This is the best choice of all villa rentals and has a photo gallery of st john attractions. St John USVI Villa Rentals Frank Bay Villas are perfect for st john vacations. In fact, they are so good that they recently won an award for top websites in the whole Caribbean for travel to the Virgin Islands.

Here is a list of villas that are listed on these websites.

Over 100 vacation villa rentals available for your vacation in St John USVI. Homes, condos, apartments. Coral Bay, Cruz Bay, South Shore, National Park. Waterfront, views, pools. Frank Bay Villas have something for everybody. If you are planning a wedding or honeymoon in the USVI, or if you need a last-minute special, make sure you reserve a St John Vacation Villa Rental from Frank Bay Villas. Here is the list of vacation rentals.

1-Bedroom Villa Rentals: Apartment Suite Dreams, Azul de Mar, Bananaquit, Blue Stone Grotto, Bougainvillea, Captain's Cabin, Caribsea, Caribsurf, Catch n Keep, Coconut Coast, Coral and Blue, Coral Dream, Far Horizons, Fishbone Cottage, Garden By The Sea, Hillcrest Guest House, In Harmony Retreat, Lavender Hill Suites, Meritage Cottage, Papaya Moon, Siempre Azul, Star Villas, Tranquility, Trinidad Charlie Eco Cottages, Valley View, Windcrest.

2-Bedroom Villa Rentals: Blue Tang, Cameron Cove, Caneel Trailside Cottage, Carnival Beach House, Castle St. John, Coconut Coast, Daffodil Villa, Hibiscus Gardens, Horizons Cottage, Kamabesu, Lavender Hill Suites, Louisenhoj, Luna Vista, Mystic Ridge, Panacea, Sea Turtle Villa, SeaCruz, Skyridge, Star Villas, Starlit Escape, Tradewinds Cottage, Villa Cielomar, Windcrest, Woodrose99.

3-Bedroom Villa Rentals: Allesandra, Andante by the Sea, Blue Palm Villa, Cari-beana Villa, ChocoCruz, Cinnamon Stones, Cinnamon Tarn, Golden Dragon, Idyllic Villa, Odessa, Rendezvous By The Sea, Safari, Serenity, Splendore, Still Waters, Stone Cottage, Villa Bijou, Villa Mollo, Windchime Villa.

4-Bedroom Villa Rantals: Acqua Blu, Amani, Argonauta, Blue Skies, Cari-beana + Blue Stone Grotto, Chateau La Tete Rouge, Fish Bay Hideaway, Meritage Great House, Rendezview, Sea Turtle Villa, Serendipity, Skyridge, Sol Inclination, Villa Callaloo, Villa Claudia, Villa Colorado, Villa Venturoso.

5-Bedroom Villa Rentals: Crystal Seaview, Island's End, Kismet, Mystic Ridge, Peter Bay Beach House, Starlit Escape, Vida de Mar, Villa Tesori, Woodrose99 + Stone Cottage.

6-Bedroom Villa Rentals: Chateau Margot, Great Expectations, Oceana, Ristaba, Villa Paulette.

And we have links to over 75 additional villa availability calendars. Villas of all sizes and locations -- in every section of St. John.

St John Villas

This is a reminder that you should rent a villa on st john usvi from www.stjohnvillarental.com, because that is where all the best villas are listed for rental. Like Great Expectations or Bananaquit.

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You are now 70 posts old. How does it feel?

Boston Red Sox No Hitter

Jon Lester pitched a no-hitter last night as the Red Sox won 7-0. I should mention that the Red Sox are the defending World Champions, and are in first place this year.

Poor little blog

Today I get to wear a dark green shirt and watch the celtics on my little teevee as they win another (ho hum) game 7 at home.

And the referees will not be cheating today.

To make everything even

This is a make-up post. Somehow the second blog is one ahead. So today is make-up day. Atomic energy is based on atoms. Loads of them.

Is it summer yet

When does summer start in St. John? I guess it is next month. Meanwhile, I guess we'll remain in spring.

Need some home cooking

The Red Sox and the Celtics need some home cooking, as the umpires and referees in other cities are cheating on purpose.

Not a single axolotl today

Nope, no axolotls in this blog today. An axolotl is a wingless bird with hairy feathers, so I am not going to mention one.

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This was in the st john source today. There was no mention whatsoever of www.stjohnvillarental.com, which was very surprising.

Ferry Operators Must Bring 5:30 a.m. Run Back, PSC Rules
by Bill Kossler

Kenrick Augustus, general manager of Transportation Services speaking at Friday's PSC hearing.
May 10, 2008 -- The V.I. Public Services Commission voted Friday to make St. Thomas-St. John ferry operators resume their 5:30 a.m. run.
Kenrick Augustus, general manager of Transportation Services, said his ferry company and Varlack Ventures, the other ferry company on the route, had eliminated some of the early-morning trips because not enough passengers were coming to make the trip profitable. The trips scheduled on the half hour were canceled.
"It only made sense, from a business standpoint, to cut the runs to those proven to be viable," Augustus said. The rising cost of fuel was a major factor, he said.
PSC commissioner and St. John resident Alecia Wells objected, saying there are teachers and students who cannot afford to be late to school.
After some discussion, Wells moved that the 5:30 a.m. run be reinstated immediately and the PSC revisit the question of the other canceled runs in 30 days, after investigating the ferries' ridership over that time. The 5:30 a.m. ferry will resume Monday, Augustus said.
Voting yes were Wells, Joseph Boschulte, Donald G. Cole, Verne C. David and M. Thomas Jackson. Sirri Hamad was absent.
On the St. Croix-St. Thomas ferry route plied by V.I. SeaTrans ferries, the PSC voted to approve existing ticket prices, making what were temporary rates the official rates.
Voting yes were Boschulte, Coles and Jackson. Wells and David abstained.
V.I. SeaTrans Executive Director Marjorie Smith also asked for a $6 per round-trip fare surcharge to help pay for skyrocketing fuel costs, and was denied for now.
The PSC voted to suspend discussion of the question for "not more than eight months." By law, they must vote within eight months or the fee goes into effect automatically.
Voting to suspend were; Boschulte, Cole, David, Jackson and Wells. Hamad was absent.
Moving to telecommunications issues, Innovative Communication Corp. (ICC) Chapter 11 trustee Stan Springel said the Vitelco telephone and Innovative Cablevision services regulated by the PSC will be sold at auction June 16.
The parent companies are in bankruptcy, but the component companies are not. Springel has been assigned to organize the sale of the assets to pay off the debts of the parent company. ICC also owns the V.I. Daily News and TV Channel 2, and these are also being auctioned, but are not regulated by the PSC.
In the first round of the process, more than 400 companies were solicited for bids, Springel said. Of those, about 100 have gone so far as to sign non-disclosure agreements and have begun looking closely at the companies' assets.
"We anticipate selecting five to seven firms to take into round two of the process, which will be much more in depth," Springel said.
Under V.I. law, the PSC must approve the sale of the phone and cable companies. Springel asked the PSC to give him details of what the PSC would expect of a new owner so he can provide the information to potential bidders.
The PSC voted five to zero to lay out their concerns in writing before June 2. Voting yea were Boschulte, Jackson, Cole, David, and Wells.

Tim Henway

Tim Henway of England won a tennis tournament once. I love his name. Just like a joke.

P.S. It's not really Henway. I just call him that.

A short post today

Today the only post is this. For a st john villa rental or vacation rentals, use www.stjohnvillarental.com because it is the best.

Any potrzebie?

No potrzebie. No poigt. No axolotl.

Article from The Source Today

This was in The Source. No mention of www.stjohnvillarental.com or www.frankbayvillas.com today. In fact, nothing at all about vacation villa rentals on St John. So, you will just have to read this article instead.

Park Service Presents Boaters with New Plan for Hurricane Hole
by Pamela Reid Bussard
May 5, 2008 -- Boaters who want to keep their boats in St. John's Hurricane Hole this year will have a new procedure for acquiring a permit.
Before June 28, if a storm warrants opening the protected waters, the Park Service will notify boaters. They will then be allowed to select one of 78 chains, or storm berths, and tag it with a buoy with their boat identification. Then the boater must notify the park for a permit.
That spot will be the boat's storm berth for the season, but it can only be used when the Park Service identifies a storm that warrants use of the protected waters.
If there are no storms before June 28, the Park Service will open Hurricane Hole at dawn on that day. Boaters may select and identify a berth, and then make an appointment with Rafe Boulon, chief of resource management for the park, to apply for a permit.
Hurricane Hole is normally off limits for anchoring.
"We have a very special, delicate, unique spot -- we want to take care of it," said Tracy Naudin, who lives aboard her Sparkman and Stevens 42-foot yawl. "I want to preserve the mangroves, and not only as a boater to protect my boat -- the mangroves hold the ground down. They are absolutely what keeps us safe, but there are a lot of boats, and we all want in."
Boaters must mark the chain they select with a minimum of one buoy, with the vessel's name and registration or documentation number clearly marked on it, according to a news release from the park. Only then, by appointment, can boaters apply for a permit with Boulon.
Selecting a spot and then making an appointment to apply for a permit is a change from last year's permitting procedure, where boaters spent the night in front of the Park Service offices in advance of the announced registration time.
"We are not having a registration day -- that's been eliminated," said Christy Loomis, the parks's geographic information specialist, who answered questions on behalf of Boulon. "It was just chaos with people coming more than 24 hours ahead of time. People who came at the time they were supposed to be there would have been in the back of the line."
Last year boaters tried to camp out to be the first in line to get a permit, Loomis said. Camping isn't permitted in front of park headquarters.
The Park Service changed the procedure in response to a survey of last year's permit holders. (See "National Park Seeks Input on Streamlining Hurricane Hole Registration.")
Park rangers will be on hand before dawn at Hurricane Hole, according to Loomis.
"I don't know if there is a good clear way [for assigning storm berths], but I think they are getting close," Naudin said. "I am definitely on the mangrove's side, but I also want to preserve my home."

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There are 56 posts in every forum. That means a total of 224. Certainly momentous. Maybe even stupendous.

An understatement.

Probably gargantuanly extreme.

Visit St John

Come to st john usvi for a vacation, and have a great time. Make sure you root for the Boston Celtics, who won last night even though the referees were cheating.

Once again, once again

Fourth blog of the day brings up the rear. Today it is about various trees. Elm, maple, pine, oak, and sugarapple. These are the best trees ever, except for lignum vitae. I have three lignum vitae trees in my yard. One will eventually become the base for a tree house for M.

New Ferry Schedule

The unaudited ferry monopolies, supported by the vi government, have come up with new schedules, as reported by The Source today.

Ferries will continue to run from Cruz Bay to Red Hook at 6 a.m., then every hour on the hour until 11 p.m.
Ferries will run from Red Hook to Cruz Bay at 6:30 a.m., 7:30 a.m. and 8 a.m., then every hour on the hour until midnight.
Ferries will run from Cruz Bay to Charlotte Amalie at 7:15 a.m., 9:15 a.m., 11:15 a.m., 1:15 p.m., 2:15 p.m. and 3:45 p.m.
Ferries will run from Charlotte Amalie to Cruz Bay at 9 a.m., 11 a.m., 1 p.m., 3 p.m., 4 p.m. and 5:30 p.m.

This should be put in www.stjohntravelforum.com, as well as www.stjohnvillarental.com and www.frankbayvillas.com, but maybe I won't remember to do it today, as there are other things to do.