we did our grand move to st.croix

hey guys "we did it". we did move from atl and it did not cost a fortune like we had expected to pay, we are now on island almost 2 months and we are just loving it, i now feel like a crucian , i shipped with tropical a 40' container that they dropped for me at our home , the driver was nice enough to leave the container for us over night and didn't pick it up until that very next evening, we were so happy we did not have that 2 hour window [loading time] to look through .we flew with spirit all the way to stx and then took the sea plane to st.croix, when on island we stayed at the buccaneer hotel for a week waiting for the container to get here .one thing i find is the mongoose on this island is a little too brazen for my taste , if you leave any kind of food unattended even if you are close by they will go in it. how ever we are now settled in somewhat,my 3 children is just loving it and not to mention my critters, they are just besides themselves, i got my children in at ricardo richards [public school] and they are just loving it .i took a look at the curriculum and every thing. we got a lovely 3 bdrm 2nd floor home near the school.i adopted all over again to driving on the left again. i am now shipping my truck with tropical, which i find very economical.we paid around $7,800 roughly to move both 40'container and ford explorer. to us that is a steal.i am now looking about my bussiness license, we rented a store on castle coakley to sell gifts and novelties.oh'oh' how could i forget our tickets costs $1,700.00 in all, for all of us including our critters. i will not say never but i do not see myself living off island again. i do not miss driving 20mins to the closest store or fighting traffic for 2 hrs to go to work i'm cool here its "cool runnings" for me i am enjoying this. so for people out there who want to take the plunge , i would say go for it . with a lot of research and planning you can do it . good luck to the ones who are thinking about it. i also have my doggie bags if someone is moving pets under 10 lbs you can have them for free, its 3 of them my dogs were weighing in @10 and 11 lbs each.