There was so much to see and so many beautiful shots, it's going to take a while to get them all up on the blog. Please be patient as I work to get things in order! Look for more posts further down - I'm working to tell the story in order, so I'm backdating new posts to keep the week straight.
Christmas 2008 was very special. On Christmas Eve, Mike and I spent the day traveling to St Thomas in the US Virgin Islands. It was a long day, including flight cancellations, rerouting, lost luggage and a random taxi drive in the middle of it all. We arrived at our condo around 11:30 pm; we didn't see Santa in the sky with us as we flew from Florida (and we were watching for him!) and we quickly fell asleep in case he was nearby.
On Christmas morning, we woke up in a warm, tropical paradise....to the sound of roosters and chickens. Not an ideal wake up call, but one that got us up and ready to start our vacation. Mikey made a delicious breakfast of coffee, bacon and eggs (all found in the fridge) and I brought some Swedish cardamom buns as is tradition in the Johnson Family.
We stepped outside our condo to take in the sight of Sapphire Beach. The weather was certainly gorgeous and we laughed how our "white Christmas" was now a "white sands Christmas."
We took a walk around the grounds of the condo complex as we decided what we would do that day. Along the way, we ran into a number of rather large iguanas that were not as afraid of humans as I thought they might be! The first one we approached allowed me to get right next to him (or her)?
As we traveled along the path, we saw a few more bathing by the salt pond:
Although they are professionally cared for and many signs asked guests not to feed them, one of them must have thought it was feeding time because he came right toward me! Yes, cameras have zoom, but this was not a close up!
They really were beautiful lizards!
After our little hike around the compound, we decided to make our way towards town and the airport - partly for sightseeing, partly to fetch our bags. Along the way, we stopped in Red Hook to see the marina and the shops there - many were closed for the holiday, but still beautiful.
Once we got to town, picked up luggage, yada yada yada...we enjoyed some time on Sapphire beach. 
Our next few days on island were momentous - between the dollah ($) bus, Mike's mountain-side cactus hike and dodging the crowds from the cruise ship, we were ready to move on to the next islands. As we packed up to leave, we found we had a visitor in our bedroom! Should have closed the window a bit tighter! We got a few shots of our little gecko friend before we scooted him out the window from whence he came. 
We enjoyed our last dinner on St Thomas at "home" in the condo. The breezeway/patio offered a perfect place to enjoy our "fins" (salmon for Amy) and "feet" (steak for Mike).
More on our trip to the British Virgin Islands in the next installment!
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