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Within minutes of chilling on Magens Beach, you will know you have hit the right spot for the perfect afternoon. Over half a mile of the perfect white sand. A bar, including beach service and delivery. Food (and good food, incredible pizza). Watersport rentals. Lounge Chairs. Picnic Tables. Nice trees on the beach for shade. Calm waters. This is what it is all about.

The other cool thing about Magens is that you are sure to see a lot of people you know. Most of the "locals" head down to the left side of the beach. The cruise ship passengers tend to congregate closer to the food and bar. But since the beach is so big, you can always find a peaceful spot, a party spot, or anything in between.

The perfect ending to the day, of course, is a visit to UDDER DELIGHT on your way back home. If you aren't familiar with Udder Delight, it is the milkshake stand just up the hill from the beach. With or without liquor, there are dozens of choices sure to wet your whistle.

A visit to St. Thomas without Magens Bay simply isn't complete.

I was reading the St. Thomas Daily News last week and saw that 2010 claims to be the rainiest June ever on record for St. Thomas and St. John. St. Croix had one wetter June in its history. We did have some really heavy rain falls near the end of the month, so I wasn't completely surprised by this fact. But after the last week and the downpours that became the norm, I would think our July is looking to be even wetter than our June.

It rained so hard on Tuesday that the roads were rivers. Waterfalls appeared in locations that hadn't seen runoff in months. Rockslides littered the roads. But most troublesome were the leaks that appeared in various homes across the islands.

The Virgin Islands Daily News has an article stating that tourist visits in March 2010 were up 38.5% versus 2009. April was also up 5.5%. This is GREAT news for the Virgin Islands and I am not surprised to see this news.

Once upon a time, there were three lobster hunters: Aquamon, Squidward, and the Invisible Man. They each had issues that prevented them from pursuing their lobster hunting. See, Aquamon was a super hero, and people around the world relied upon him to keep them safe from evil characters. Squidward was hanging out under the sea with a crafty fellow named SpongeBob Squarepants, and unbeknownst to most everyone, Squidward was actually Bob's prisoner and wasn't allowed to do what he wanted (they don't show that on TV). The invisible man, well, nobody really knows what he is doing because we can never find him. But rumor says he likes to travel a lot playing pranks on people he considers his friends. The one thing they had in common, though, was their desire to change- to become lobster hunter extraordinaires.