We arrived late last night at 
Cottages by the Sea. We left yesterday morning around 3am to drive to Boston and catch a flight from Logan. We made it onto the plane with no incident, but then there was a problem with the American Airlines computer system. First, wee waited for 15 minutes and then they said it would be an hour. An hour after that, we finally were lifting off. They had originally said that our flights would be held for us, but we knew that was likely to be false. When we got to San Juan, our flight had long since left and the next one they could get us seats on was 5 hours later. They gave us a voucher for a meal, so we went out to some hideously overpriced place called "Taco Maker" and got something to eat. The one thing that struck me most about the San Juan airport was the lack of seating. In most airports in the US, there is abundant public seating. Not in San Juan. People were sitting on the floor everywhere. Our flight was supposed to board at 6:20. The time came and went with no announcement. Around 6:50 (when the flight was to have left), Alisa checked and found that the plane hadn't arrived yet. They made an announcement that they were aiming for 7:30. The time came and went. Around 8:00pm they finally called us to board and we flew on to St. Croix without further incident. Except our luggage. Our luggage didn't show up on the carousel. Luckily it had arrived before us, so we just had to wait in a long line to pick it up from the luggage office. It takes a while to adjust to the island rythym.
Alisa took the boys for a brief swim last night before bed -- I had a strong drink or two and chatted with Buzz. This morning, the water is a beautiful blue from the beach, but when you look down, it is wonderfully clear. It's almost scary to be able to see the bottom with such clarity. The tropical fish and flowers are wonderful. The palm trees wave in the trade winds. And there are lizards! Lots of lizards. Just anoles so far, but I'm hoping to see a wild gecko sometime while I'm here.