Slipping away to the Slip Away! had a sign over the bar that said "I came here for one drink, and thats my story and I'm stickin to it!" Mike Woodward (who did the aquarium) died in a plane crash....
Mike died in a plane crash with Dennis Yarnell, the pilot and one other passenger who's name I cannot remember. They were taking aerial photo's of the charter boats when the plane crashed. That was a very sad time for Red Hook. We buried them at sea off the south drop, Mark and Mary Montoya used their fishing boat for the service.
Mike was a great guy. I saw him and his black lab with the bandana (Magnum, maybe) that morning. I was "lucky" enough to be at in the dentist chair when they went in. Buy the time I was out they had already been recovered.
For months Magnum wandered around the shopping center looking for him.
I worked at the Slip Away in 1984 , when I first arrived in St Thomas during Tropical Storm Klaus. Anyone remember. I was a very green 20 year old and I treasure those days and characters. When it closed down I sailed from St. Martin to attend the party in the parking lot......with black balloons.....Things change but Red Hook was magical back then, I hope the present day Red Hook is providing treasured memories for those who dwell there.
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I think "Slip Away" was the name of the bar, entrance on the backside of the upper part of the original Red Hook Plaza building.
Slipping away to the Slip Away! had a sign over the bar that said "I came here for one drink, and thats my story and I'm stickin to it!"
Mike Woodward (who did the aquarium) died in a plane crash....
Mike died in a plane crash with Dennis Yarnell, the pilot and one other passenger who's name I cannot remember. They were taking aerial photo's of the charter boats when the plane crashed. That was a very sad time for Red Hook. We buried them at sea off the south drop, Mark and Mary Montoya used their fishing boat for the service.
Mike was a great guy. I saw him and his black lab with the bandana (Magnum, maybe) that morning. I was "lucky" enough to be at in the dentist chair when they went in. Buy the time I was out they had already been recovered.
For months Magnum wandered around the shopping center looking for him.
I worked at the Slip Away in 1984 , when I first arrived in St Thomas during Tropical Storm Klaus. Anyone remember. I was a very green 20 year old and I treasure those days and characters. When it closed down I sailed from St. Martin to attend the party in the parking lot......with black balloons.....Things change but Red Hook was magical back then, I hope the present day Red Hook is providing treasured memories for those who dwell there.
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