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Need to grab up? Click on the next links for Part 1 too Part 2 of this trip. We’re here, we’re squared away every bit far every bit access goes…why don’t nosotros start enjoying St. Croix? The Buccaneer is an historic, identify unit of measurement run hotel sitting on over 300 acres simply eastward of the town of Christiansted. It’s a rambling affair amongst a bully trace of piece of work solid on the hilltop overlooking 3 beaches too a golf game course. All guests have a complimentary, total breakfast buffet amongst an pick of omelets or eggs cooked to order. Watch the Video! Since we’re trying to produce this on a budget, the excogitation is to swallow a large breakfast to concluding us most of the solar daytime therefore nosotros tin skip tiffin too relieve a piffling coin on this expensive island. Heaping piles of creamy scrambled eggs, grits, bacon, too sausage sit down on our plates followed yesteryear a bowl of fresh pineapple chunks, oranges, g...

This week, Tim together with I are coming to you lot from the beautiful isle of St. Croix inward the US of America Virgin Islands. Our quandary: we're non staying at an all-inclusive resort together with bring to pay for the bulk of our drinks. Our solution: brand a new, real slowly to make, delicious cocktail that nosotros tin mail away mix using inexpensive local ingredients. Watch the Video! The effect is this rum punch using rum, cranberry-raspberry cocktail, together with lime juice.  Here's the recipe... INGREDIENTS 1.5 oz rum 2 oz cranberry-raspberry cocktail juice of one-half a lime In a lowball drinking glass filled amongst ice, squelch inward lime juice. Pour rum in, together with then cranberry-raspberry cocktail. Drink. It's that easy... Cheers! Darryl

You tin grab upward alongside Part 1 of our St. Croix trip here . We’re on the rails at Miami International, engines powering up, virtually to cause got the concluding flying to St. Croix when the airplane pilot comes on the intercom equally the engines current of air down. “Folks, we’re going to cause got to render to the gate. The 2nd push clit on the radio is non working together with FAA regulations state nosotros can’t wing without it. Hopefully, this volition live a quick create together with nosotros tin live inwards the air shortly.” Uh oh, I’m already nervous virtually this trip, booking an unbelievably inexpensive trip to St. Croix inwards the U. S. Virgin Islands together with crossing my fingers, hoping that the hotel volition actually cause got an accessible room for us. Is this a bad omen? We crawl dorsum to the gate. H5N1 mechanic shortly appears upward front end together with walks out alongside a box. We tin come across him larn inwards a truck on...

Our ratings are... Fully Accessible - You tin access all of the attraction, alongside no problem, inward whatsoever type of wheelchair. Mostly Accessible - You tin access around of the attraction, as well as all of the of import parts of it, alongside your wheelchair. Partially Accessible - You tin access a expert bargain of the attraction precisely closed to parts are inaccessible as well as closed to of import parts you'll miss. Inaccessible - Kind of speaks for itself, avoid if you're inward a wheelchair. Here's St. Croix, U.S. of America Virgin Islands... Christiansted National Historic Site - Partially Accessible. The grounds, the former weighing solid (scale) as well as bottom flooring of the Customs House are accessible. Unfortunately, the gem of the site...Fort Christianvern...has a few steps to instruct inside, rendering it inaccessible. Captain Morgan Distillery - Fully Accessible. This newer distillery (Cruzan is also made on the island) ...

Picture courtesy of Wikimedia Lynt nether CC-BY-SA license The Tequila Sunrise is a real visual drink, the mention coming from the consequence of the ruddy grenadine sitting on the bottom of the orangish drink, giving it the illusion of a sunrise.  It's a bang-up change-of-pace beach drinkable when you lot larn tired of the saltiness of your margarita or the heaviness of your pina colada.  Being that it's amount of orangish juice, it's too a bang-up beginning of vitamin C spell you lot sitting inwards the Sun (hey, gotta convey the positives!). Watch the Video! The work I've had amongst this drinkable inwards the by is that the classic recipe...orange juice, tequila, together with grenadine only...has left me amongst an aftertaste that tin best live on described every bit "children's aspirin" taste...the St. Joseph's effect.  It tastes good, but that aftertaste is a fleck annoying.  Even at the bang-up bars that point the bea...

On place inward St. Croix inward the Virgin Islands, bring together us for a drinking tour of the island. In the video below, nosotros view 1 of the island's legendary rum distilleries. Watch the Video! While Cruzan is the traditional St. Croix rum, it's facilities are onetime together with inaccessible to wheelchairs. Fortunately, Captain Morgan rums relocated hither a yr agone together with their build new, state-of-the-art distillery is. We equally good plough into a bunch of posers equally nosotros acquire the official Captain Morgan pose. Next, it's on to frozen banana daiquiris at the Mt. Pellier Domino Club, to a greater extent than famous for the residents that build beer-swilling pigs of themselves merely the drinks are nonetheless cool together with refreshing at the bamboo bar inward the middle of the jungle. We build certain nosotros acquire all the costless booze nosotros tin acquire at the hotel yesteryear going to the weekly ...

We've come upwardly up hither to Gold Country to demo Letty's mom as well as blood brother where nosotros conception on moving to. Today, we're expanding our achieve for roughly character Sierra Foothill vino tasting. Watch the Video! First, nosotros selection upwardly ii picnics...breakfast quiches as well as sandwiches...from the Motherlode Deli inwards Jackson, California. Next, it's off to our showtime stop...Drytown Cellars inwards the tiny speck of a town past times the same advert a few miles upwardly highway 49. We laid upwardly our breakfast food, good brunch past times now, as well as then caput into the bar for roughly tasting. As the vino flows, I experience something difficult bounce off my shin.  It's a rock...who threw this at me? The stone was thrown past times Jay, the dark domestic dog inwards the pic above. Jay must receive got rocks inwards his caput because that's what he likes to fetch. Customers of the winery beware,...

Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 fitful dark of slumber at the Doubletree Suites inwards Rancho Cordova leads to an early on wakeup the side past times side morning. After a breakfast of waffles, eggs, too bacon at Sunrise Waffle Shop nigh the hotel, we're on the route heading due east on Highway 50. Before Placerville, our GPS tells us to function out too caput northward into the hills. Today, we're taking the identify unit of measurement to Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park inwards Coloma. The 3 of us select been at that topographic point many times but it volition live a get-go for Letty's mom too her brother. We brand it too at that topographic point are many people. It's the instant weekend of Oct too the novel affair we'll larn today is that this weekend is the Gold Rush Live re-enactment. That way many people inwards catamenia clothing gear upwards inwards tents recreating the Gold Rush days amongst blacksmiths, full general stores, bakeries...