Island Dreams Become Reality!

Well the time has come, island life is upon us! Last week we arrived for the first time EVER to St. Croix. This was initially supposed to be our pre-move visit. We would come down, rent a house or a condo for a week, do things like grocery shop, look at furniture, cars, banks, etc. and decide, is island life really for us? Well, that idea lasted all of about one week...we quickly started to get excited after booking our flights and began looking for someplace to stay. This search brought us to the realization that one week would cost us nearly the same as one month if we just started a lease on June 1st and officially moved at the end of June. We could load up our 2 suitcases each with everything but the kitchen sink and then do the same thing again at the end of June. So with many hours of research, discussion and HGTV's the Caribbean Life we pulled the trigger. We officially have a house in St. Croix, we are moved in, we have furniture and we have a lovely little island truck. Everyone was so kind, we met a number of people from the midwest, had dinner, drinks, etc. with some wonderful people that we will soon be able to call friends! So now here we are, back in Wisconsin forever changed, getting ready for the final move! By July 1st we will all be in St. Croix beginning our new island life!