My name is Ken Wiseman. My wife Shannon and I bought a home in St Thomas, USVI in 2009. We have been coming down over the years, but in 2012 we shut down our very successful Real Estate Brokerage in Reno, NV to move into our home in St Thomas full time to live the dream in paradise! This is a blog about living in the Virgin Islands.
Showing posts with label Kenny Chesney When I See This Bar. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kenny Chesney When I See This Bar. Show all posts
As if the VI Beer Club sunset sail wasn't enough, last Sunday's trip over to Jost Van Dyke, BVI was another reason I live here. With a short 30 minute boat ride over to customs, check in and then over to White Bay!
Ivan's Bar was filled with large boats from Puerto Rico, so we headed over to Soggy Dollar Bar.
Lunch of Wahoo Quesadilla's at One Love.
A visit to see Mic at Soggy Dollar Bar for some painkillers and catch up on the gossip.
Float around....
And then it is time to say, "Adios to Jost".
I can see why Kenny Chesney wrote a song like When I See This Bar, there is nothing like Jost! Should I go again this Saturday?
I wrote about speculation of which bar Kenny Chesney was singing about in the song "When I See This Bar" (you can see that post here). I thought it was Ivan's Stress Free Bar on White Bay, Jost Van Dyke in the British Virgin Islands. I was right, but the new video came out today and not only is Ivan's in the video but a host of others.
I have been to all of the ones in the video. Here is a break down of those bars.
Willy T
Ivan's Stress Free Bar
Foxy himself!
Who is famous in this picture? (hint - Butt Fumble)
Soggy Dollar Bar, JVD (I think that may be my boat at 2:40 into the video?)
Latitude 18 - Red Hook STT
One Love on Christmas
Woody's (this is where he is sitting down with the guitar) STJ (Notice they whited out the top of the sign in the video?)
Quiet Mon STJ
Beach Bar STJ
Customs Dock, JVD
Chasing that sun and following his heart. Yeah, that's what I see When I see this bar.
Some are still living the dream, Stuck in still life it seems. No matter where they've been, Or where they are, Yeah, I see 'em here When I see this bar. When I see this bar.
Kenny Chesney has a new song on his new album Life on a Rock called When I See This Bar and many speculate that one of the bars referred to in the lyrics is one of his favorites, Ivan's Stress Free Bar. And why not, he filmed No Shoes, No Shirt at this bar and has become friends with Ivan. although in this video it appears to be Bomba's Shack on Tortola? Which bar do you think he is talking about?
Although Ivan is not around much any more due to him having Parkinson's Disease, Ivan's family is continuing on his tradition!
We took a day trip over from St Thomas on our boat with some friends last weekend to get our fix of Jost Van Dyke. On Sundays, the Soggy Dollar Bar becomes more like a spring break party anymore, with an influx of the younger crowd from St Thomas and St John, and along with that comes competing boat stereos with a mix of the day charters coming in all fighting for a spot on the beach. Not that I am that old, but having to constantly fend other boats off of your boat does not make for such a relaxing afternoon. Although we have walked over to Ivan's before, we thought we would spend the day there instead.
After we cleared customs we were able to pull right in, right in front of Ivan's and we were the only boat on the beach! There was a mix of several people, mostly couples enjoying the beach that were camping in tents or in Ivan's cabins. Yes, Ivan's is also a campground!
We had some beers and eventually made it up to the bar for some drinks and a lunch of cheeseburgers.
We had the bar to ourselves! After eating, we decided it was time for a walk to go visit Mic over at Soggy Dollar Bar for a Painkiller. You can walk from one side of White Bay over to the other. There is an old road that now has steps that goes up and over the rocks, but I would wear some sort of foot wear when you go over! There are some really great views on top of the path!
Now for an Original Pain Killer at Soggy and a quick hello to Mic!
Time to walk back to Ivan's
In the picture above is Ivan's and you can see our boat was the only one there at the beach!
It's that time of day
That we all knew would come To pay for all the rum And pull up anchor cause we're done It's that time of day I see a cotton candy sky So many colors in my eyes Proof again God's alive
This ain't a goodbye It's a "till I see you again" What a wonderful time We've all shared my friends Another day at sea Has come and gone away So adios to Jost Adios to Jost Adios to Jost
It's that time of day
Sometimes living here can be a real bitch at times, and many days you feel like that you sacrificed a lot to live in paradise, but a day at Jost and being able to go over there any day certainly makes up for it!
If you are ever down here and want a lower budget place to stay, and to escape it all then here is info for Ivan's, just click!
