Mplsray - thank you for responding! How fun to do the race with your daughters and their BFs! (Two of my 3 times doing 8 Tuff was with my kids, and I loved doing it with them!) I'm a bit worried that 8 Tuff felt easier! I was hoping that Ten Bay 10k - shorter race with less elevation - would feel ea...

shoemak you're funny :D Yes the cold does affect my brain! :shock: But even as a very average, 50+ runner I have had SO much fun doing 8 Tuff! The fellow racers and especially the road side volunteers make it a great event. And drinking pain killers at 9:30 in the morning after running the race... n...

Just placed an order. Too late for Christmas but that's OK, it's for me

I would love to hear from anyone who did the 10K! My apologies if I missed a trip report. I love 8 Tuff but had to skip it for a few years due to schedule issues. I'm hoping that the 10k takes place next year and would love to hear how it went this year!

FWIW: we did the Reef Bay hike in both directions and it wasn't hard, despite all the warnings you read about the return trip. AND we had no water for our return! (I had 2 gallons in a locked KYSS bag chained to a tree... apparently the 'theft proof' bag is not theft proof, so our lunches and our wa...

8 Tuff is so fun! I hope this race is too. I love the camaraderie of 8 Tuff and this could be the same. Hmmm... next year, both kids in college = travel flexibility... you've got me thinking!

The property taxes seem crazy low. I'm partly envious, but the lion's share of my property taxes goes to our public schools, which are excellent. Seems like the taxes could be higher to fund local education. Even a small increase could make a difference in the schools. Maybe the crazy high energy co...

I'm so very sad to read this.

Columbo's Funky Monkey is my fave. Wish I had one now!

I wish stores on the islands would carry only sunscreens / sunblocks deemed more reef safe. (Ditto for cruise ships, although I wish cruise ships would banned from doing a lot of the things they do.)

EDITED TO ADD: Just saw the petition. Signed.

Thank you Pia and Exit for the information! Good to know. Hopefully I'll need to worry about that someday soon.

Is this the case if no one is coming ashore? For example, snorkeling at the Caves or the Baths and just getting on and off the boat to snorkel.

Thanks for the info!

We stayed at Rhumb Runners several years ago (Dec '09-Jan '10) and loved it. Beautiful views, nice pool, great deck. Loria and her family were there with us on New Years Eve so she might remember it a bit too. Since our stay the kitchen has been updated. The house has 2 BR upstairs (interior stairwa...

"When someone calls our little island "St John's", it is like fingernails on a chalkboard..." OMG YES! That makes me nuts. Here's one of mine: You wear a bracelet customized with the geographic coordinates for the end of the trail to Ram Head (and your kids each have one, too.) (...

I've used Courtesy for my last 5 trips and always paid the fee. I thought it would be cheap insurance. However... of course there are deductibles! 2013 trip, we had a house with a gated drive. It swung shut fast on one night and ripped a handle off the car. $400+ not covered. 2015 trip: someone stol...