Honeymoons Worth Telling Your Grandkids About

Terri Ritchey

Clifton

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After 10 days on the gorgeous island of St. Lucia, we were supposed to leave on Sept. 11, 2001. After making so many comments about wanting to stay, we unfortunately got what we wished for. No planes flew into the United States for days, and it was a bittersweet ordeal being in a foreign place when you know what tragedy is taking place on your own soil.

Six days past our original departure date, we heard about a secret charter plane leaving in the middle of the night. We made our way onto this flight and the pilot told us that our country was not the way we left it. We always bring that thought with us when we travel now, and appreciate every moment and every day we have.

Michelle and Bill Thyen

Chantilly

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We went to Grand Cayman Island, where we had 2 1/2 beautiful days, and then it started raining. Everyone said that it never rains for more than a few hours at a time there. Well, eight days, two hurricanes and a tropical storm later, it cleared -- just in time for our flight home.

Our lesson? As long as there's no lightning, a hot tub in the rain is still nice, and early-morning walks on the beach in light drizzle aren't bad either.

We went back for our one-year anniversary the following year -- and yep, it rained again.

Jennifer Riccards