Woke this morning to clouds and a sprinkle--overcast for much of the day but no rain to speak of. As others have said, the island is in need of rain--just hope when it comes it's after dark.

Took a quick trip to Fairway "Mark It" and picked up a few items--boy do we miss Carrefour! Overall--convenient to Divi, decent prices but smaller selection. We made a quick stop at cost u less but still no refrigeration--only dry goods. Tomorrow we will venture out to Sunny Food. That seems to be the place to go.

Took my first beach nap and there really are very few things in life that I enjoy more.

Dinner tonight was at Marks Place. Great food, great price and a ton of food to eat. Can't beat that! We had Lasagna, fish--mahi mahi and grouper, ribs and chicken with mushrooms--service was great too!

I can't begin to tell you how wonderful our experience has been so far--whether we are at the store, at Divi, Marks Place, everyone has been extremely welcoming and friendly. My folks will both be 88 in a few weeks--this is probably our 31st trip together to St Maarten. I'm so glad we came, every day is a gift!