Davesmom
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I must admit, I had my doubts over the past year, but there are some really good success stories of local people which I will share soon🩷. But it is really the intangibles that make you realize that not a lot matters when you have the red roofs, the beaches, the cheery red and white stripes of Eden Rock, and the land that you can’t duplicate elsewhere. And all that is free! It is also the love you have put in over the years that make it “yours”.. and most of all, the people; those are your real
!As it snows and the temp drops from its current 18 to near zero tomorrow night, I thought I needed to see some SBH things. I've lately had the same feeling as davesmom - I've been wondering whether St. Barths has jumped the shark, and if it has become impossible to enjoy the little stuff the way we have for many years. It's now been three years since we've been there, we're well into our 70s, and I've been wondering.....
So the recent posts that tell me it's still good have been really uplifting (which I need every time I look out the window today!). For many years now, every time I've gotten on the plane on my way out, tears have come to my eyes - a combination of "is this the last time I'll be able to do this?" and just emotion at the overall wonderfulness of St. Barths. And it sounds like maybe that's still there. Because even though I can appreciate a good restaurant, that's not SBH to me. It's not the loud music, the influencer mentality, the new money that has to flaunt it... To me, it's the hill up to Saline, the music festival, the guys banging on rocks at 6AM to get them to fit perfectly into the wall they're building.....
Anyway, maybe later this Spring? For today, I just hope I still have electric power by this time tomorrow.
So the recent posts that tell me it's still good have been really uplifting (which I need every time I look out the window today!). For many years now, every time I've gotten on the plane on my way out, tears have come to my eyes - a combination of "is this the last time I'll be able to do this?" and just emotion at the overall wonderfulness of St. Barths. And it sounds like maybe that's still there. Because even though I can appreciate a good restaurant, that's not SBH to me. It's not the loud music, the influencer mentality, the new money that has to flaunt it... To me, it's the hill up to Saline, the music festival, the guys banging on rocks at 6AM to get them to fit perfectly into the wall they're building.....
Anyway, maybe later this Spring? For today, I just hope I still have electric power by this time tomorrow.
Wishing continuous electric power for you, Bob! Meanwhile, be assured that the “old St. Barths” is still there . . . sometimes you just have to go a street or two away from the noise & new money to find ”the overall wonderfulness.”
cassidain
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definitely, it is still there. and not difficult to find, and the new gen places not difficult to avoid.
now, parking in st-jean and gustavia alas . . .
Wishing you well from Jost Van Dyke, our last stop! Yup, it’s worth it. You never know when/if you get back so take it all in and sit yourself where you can see the water; that will answer all of your questions!
We may or may not make it out of SJU tomorrow but I have heard Tradewind goes out of SJU to SBH in case we can’t make it back to SAN…
