In the morning...off to St. Maarten. Phase 3 of our Faux Retirement!

My fantasy was that I would have enough time in these three 1/2 days in New Hampshire to reflect on on Phase 1 (The Florida Keys) and Phase 2 (The Mississippi Gulf Coast) of our Faux Retirement and organize a coherent post.

Alas, as usual, life intervened. We have been scurrying around trying to unpack/pack, organize ourselves get Maggie set to live without us (but with her ever-faithful and loving dog-sitter, Mark) while we are at our timeshare at Divi Little Bay on the island of St. Maarten.

We've been nuts about St. Maarten since our first visit in the mid-1990's when we bought our first timeshare week at Divi. It's interesting to note that we made this purchase after being assured that hurricanes are a rarity--and a mere 6 weels before Hurricane Luis flattened the island.

Many timeshares never rebuilt, but Divi was steadfast--and still is. We now have bumped it up to 3 weeks instead of one, and are loving the Great Bay side.  Always a breeze, always action in the bay, and always a great place to nap in the afternoon--have to rest up for the casino action, which often goes to 2 AM.

Our loungers await outside our 'unit."

This is after a day on the Little Bay side, under the umbrellas on the beach.

What is Bud looking for...at???

I'll send new pix when we arrive tomorrow, but in the meantime, I have "star ratings" for the Keys (4) and the Mississippi Gulf Coast (5+). Why?  I'll explain sometime in the nest few days when we get settled.

For fun, I'll close with the Sunset Beach Bar at the "touchdown" end of the runway at Princess Juliana Airport.  It's not a trick shot, as those who have shared burgers and beer with us there know.

Wahoo!!