GeorgeC1

You are absolutely correct. Excessive alcohol is often the leading factor in most of these accidents.

Please check your messages as I have sent you two and you have not seen them yet.

That tournament will be fun to watch.

Tim, don't think so. Not sure where I've seen him, but here and there - I recognized his picture. Very sad.

I would go to BEYC and then take a land taxi to Baths...easier entry

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This one is done.

I lived on a neighboring Caribbean island for 18 years. While Mother Nature can always throw you a curve I can tell you that weather on Anguilla and St. Martin during the latter part of June and into early July is usually very nice. Because Anguilla is a relatively flat and arid island it usually gets much less rain than the nearby mountainous island. Because St. Martin is somewhat hilly it will get slightly more rain. As one of the previous poster said, rain on both islands, if it does come, is usually in the form of very brief widely scatter showers lasting minutes rather than hours. It is not unusual for it to sprinkle in one area and be bright, sunny and dry 1/4 mile away. All day rains are rare. For what it is worth, I've seen it rain in my backyard and at the same time be sunny and dry in my front yard.

While it is technically Hurricane Season, the biggest threat of major storms is in the latter part of August through late October. The Caribbean covers a vast area so even if there is a Hurricane in the Caribbean during the time you are visiting the odds are small it will impact Anguilla. You can research the frequency of every hurricane that impacted Anguilla since 1850 at www.stormcarib.com - on the Home Page click on the "Climatology" link then select "Hits & Misses". On the new page select "Anguilla". If you review the data there you'll find in all that time there have only been 4 hurricanes that impacted Anguilla in July and 0 (zero) in June since 1852. The statistics are essentially the same for St. martin. Pretty good odds, I might say.

When visiting Anguilla or St. Martin at that time of year you can leave your umbrella at home and pack plenty of sunblock, you'll need it. If you do encounter some rain during your visit you have a couple of good options: 1) go swimming as you'll get wet anyway, 2) take shelter under a nearby palm tree until the rain passes or 3) go to the nearest bar and order a pina colada or other frozen cocktail but don't be surprised if the rain stops before the bartender finishes maxing your drink.

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I agree with Linda. I drove down there last April and it is an easy drive, gradual, pleasant. When I went, the bar was not open, so I left .

I feel like BEYC is best all around. But, you can't beat day drinking and strolling around BEYC as well as at Reef Sampler. Then if you need to at Saba for night dinner or drinks.

Flew United out of Newark. Because of the short time between this plane landing from Atlanta and take off ( 30 minutes) it was late taking off by 30 minutes but arrived on time (usually the flight arrives early ). Immigration was bad but not horrible about 45mins. A big Jet Blue had landed before us. Got the car at airport then off to Princess Heights for a few days. The old Westin is still not repaired though some work being done on island time. The timeshares at Westin are functioning. Oyster Pond area very quiet. Captain Oliver’s still not repaired but the lagoon seems cleaned up. Went BZH Creperie for a light dinner had gallettes. My wife had a salmon based one; I had ham based one. They were ok. It is not the same as the old owners preIrma. They are now more of a restaurant then a Creperie. It was crowded.

We are taking a charter flight from SJU to EIS and back, so the only places that I could see us possibly being asked for the consent forms are entering the BVIs and returning to the US. Possibly the air charter but nothing from them yet hinting at that. Our airline flights are all domestic so I don't expect any issue in that regard. I guess I'll probably send each parent a form and ask them to get it notarized and see what response I get.

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