Seagrove Beach is gorgeous.....we go down to 30A once or twice in the summer to go camping at Topsail Hill State Park
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Seagrove Beach is gorgeous.....we go down to 30A once or twice in the summer to go camping at Topsail Hill State Park
N E E D M O R E R E P O R T and pics please. Its been like 24 hours!!!
great video...great music... THANK-YOU!
What a fun report to read. Sadly I can't see the videos everyone mentions while I'm at work (blocked) but will try to watch them this weekend!
Love your work. Getting so much in the mood for next week. Thanks loadsly :D
I promise I'll try to get a bit more this week
I was yanking your chain. Post when you can. I am looking forward to your beach reportQuote:
Originally Posted by lisapat
Nicely done.
I'll jump on board too about the Panhandle. We eloped to Destin and were married on the beach. Then years later bought some property in Navarre but never built. Sold it when we moved from Atlanta, still kick myself today for that decision :(.
And occasionally still head that way for a getaway. June's Dunes, best breakfast anywhere!
Thatswhatshesaid.....sadly, we live in Crestview....so even though we are only about 40 min. drive from the beach....it takes more effort to get there....but we are beachlovers so we go a lot. Taking out our boat, however...was always a labor of love, now it just seems like labor....Lisa has been bugging me to sell it....but I can't bring myself to..when we are too lazy to drive down to the beach, we usually plant ourselves on the banks of Blackwater river, which is right by the house, and has sugar white sand bars on the bankAttachment 25627
Hey, from Winnipeg... It was nice meeting you and Lisa at the Seastar! Please do tell more...
Carmen and Brian
Thanks guys, was great meeting all of you.. More to come, for now.. Back to work
Sigh ....... I saw you were the last one that posted and I thought there was more :(
All of this working for a living stuff really gets in the way of our fun!
Day 4 Back To The Beach.....So, we leave Seastar on the shuttle, with Henry at the wheel and some of our Winnipeg friends. Henry is taking them to Cafe Goa for brunch and the Sunday webcast, and Lisa and I to the Grand Pineapple. We haven't totally sworn off the all inclusive thing altogether, the reason being that the GP is such a special place...there's a quite long story that I won't get into as far as us coming <this close> to staying at CocoLaPalm....basically, the closing, and reopening of GP...altered that ...We 1st stayed here last year, after several years of expensive, yet enjoyable Couples resorts trips...This place has one eating venue(buffet style), and one bar...it's small and inexpensive...We don't feel obligated here to take every meal/drink here just because we spent a fortune on them....cause we don't. The staff are great, the location is the best IMHO on the beach. AS long as they don't close or ruin this place, we will probably keep returning.So...we arrive, check in, and they tell us that our room will be ready shortly, and to go enjoy the beach, bar...etc.. That's all we need to hear...Down to the bar, but on the way we see Marvette, one of the wonderful people that work here and make this place such a gem. Hugs, and ...down to the beach...Here we see our friends that we had met last year..J & T. They are from Minnesota, and doing their 3rd stay here...and then it's Tony from Ontario...who is a regular visitor to GP, as well as the "President".... George, from New Brunswick, who spends I believe something like a 3rd of each year here...the man even has an image of himself carved and painted on the tree stump that he can be found lounging next to daily...Ghavri makes us our 1st "make my day"s....a very close cousin to a dirty banana, but with the addition of cocomania rum....MMMMM. Reunion time, and we are just overjoyed. I can't forget Courtney..aka Carver, the GP's unofficial resident wood carver whom...if ever one thought that these carvings are pre-made(and some might be)..this man is the genuine article...super talented and one of the best people you could ever be lucky enough to meet. Heather and John from PA are here...and we are meeting them for the 1st time, although we have corresponded on line for at least 6-7 months...They also did a split stay, also 10 days(one ahead of us), and we were destined to meet them as they too were booked for CocoLaPalm, for the same reason. They were nicer in persoon than we anticipated... So, all is well...we grab some lunch(don't even remember what it was) and I go back to the lobby where our room keys are ready...and look at this? We have the same room that we had last year...#36. A beachside cottage with the rare ACTUAL seaview that everyone craves...Love it!! Now, along comes a man of stature who I instantly recognize...Mr. Alexander Pike...the GM of GP!! He welcomes us and says he's been looking forward to meeting us(that's right, we haven't MET him before, but again have been corresponding). Super nice guy..as it turns out, we were waiting for our room to be ready because he had asked the front desk to make 36 available to us, cause we seemed to enjoy it so much last year...Awesome...I know that it wouldn't have mattered if it was occupied, and we were just happy that we didn't get bumped to Beaches(that happens a lot, here)but I loved the thought..Attachment 25655Attachment 25656Attachment 25658Attachment 25659
That sunset pic is the best! You both look blissful!
TKim...beyond bliss...it's like heaven on earth when you contemplate/anticipate that one moment all year....even in the good times when you are sitting at a campfire on a holiday weekend....and that ....is the particular moment in time that your spouse and yourself focus on....Jamaica has that magic about it that so many will never understand without experiencing it firsthand
nice......very nice......thanks!
Thanks lisapat for all your pics and kind words of the Winnipegers. I'll have to post some pics as well. Just new today to this forum.
Al & Val
Awesome...I hope you guys like this forum...I learned a lot from it (as well as from you guys Al/Val):)
Love tagging along. Ty for the look inside Tensing pen. BEAUTIFUL~ that little skirted swimsuite is so cute. You look so happy and relaxed~~
Great report, love the videos and the music, right there with you. Thanks!
Thanks, all...will try to get more reporting done shortly....and work up another vid this weekend:cool:
This is such an AWESOME trip report!
I can't believe I actually shed a few tears on the last video....I miss Negril SOOOO much! Can't wait to get back!
Days 5-7 Beach, and More Beach.. On Monday, we wake up to our 1st morning at GP, that will mean our 1st "coffee situation" experience....<the bad>...along with our 1st GP breakfast..<the good>...We experienced problems getting coffee in the mornings last year at GP..one of the few negatives of this place..Each room has their own little coffee maker, and sugars,creamers, etc. but last year we decided not to mess with the in room stuff because after all, we ARE at an all-inclusive..well, this yr was the same experience, where..as we are normally early risers(can't help it) we need our coffee in the mornings, and to go down to the rest/bar terrace, they start putting it out at about 7am....but it is one carafe thingy full, and the coffee in it is horrible...not blue mountain, not high mountain, not even "mountain grown folgers"..I dunno what they use, but it's barely palatable...this yr by day 2 we decided we would just make it in room, even though that only provides about 4 cups worth, at least it's the Jamaican stuff. Problem is, all we were ever given this time was decaf....I had asked a member of housekeeping, and was told to "use 2, to make it stronger"....well...this is how it goes...we love this hotel, but had to kind of survive a week here without really being able to get coffee...They DO serve it at breakfast, but it's the same stuff put out right before the meal...and I guess it's percolated,<badly> cause every cup would have grounds in the bottom..WOW!!!! lots of talk on coffee, I know, ok, I'll stop....but it's important, DANG IT!!!......ok.......Breakfast!!...I love breakfast at the GP...you can have everything that you can think of for breakfast , everyday...and they still include Jamaican items....steamed cabbage,escoveitched fish, as well as made to order eggs/omelets...ackee&saltfish..yum yum...So we eat our first of many..then mosey down to the beach chairs...where we plop down for the bulk of the day, only to get up to walk 14 steps up to the bar to get drinks from Vinton, the newest staff member of the bar, or to swim in the wonderful caribbean ...ahh..life is wonderful...Our friends J & T..who by the way are Jason and Teri from MN....are here, and have brought another couple with them..Shane and Leiloni...Shane grew up with Jason, and these 2 couples had come here together once before, 2 years back..I guess Shane and Loni couldn't make it last year, but it was nice meeting them this time...We all seem to hang together in a pack of 6 the bulk of our stay...all lower middle class types with common backgrounds...Shane works retail, which I did for 20+ years..so we have lots to talk about ...blah , blah....Although this place is small (like 65 rooms, small for an AI)..and getting to know fellow guests is easy, and inevitable...there is enough international of a crowd to hinder too much introduction when it comes to the language barrier...in particular, the german guests...They are by no means unfriendly, but prefer to not speak English...thus keeping to their own particular "clique" as it were.....All except this one fella....known by all the staff and guests as the "Cheeseburger Man"....this guy is Michael, from Germany...he is 35 and is here on vacation with his mother, whom he says is his best friend..I say, why not?..I guess I can relate, although I wouldn't classify my mother as my BFF..she has probably been my most "consistant" friend my whole life....This guy is having the time of his life...dancing all day to the reggae tunes being pumped non stop through the sound system, and making the rounds to all the staff and guests with smiles, laughter and an undeniable joy that is contagious...helps that he speks English and is willing to do so...My 1st impression was that this man must be on his 4th "8Ball" of his trip...but after introductions ...he's just a happy, likeable guy who has little concern for how he's assessed by others....with a lot of energy. By day 6(our 2nd full day here) we have been reaquainted with som more of our friends from the staff....Andrew, bar-terder extradinare...Ghavri....an expert mixologist in his own right(remember, Lisa and I LOVE to imbibe)...and now we've met Sean..who works watersports...young guy, I would say early 20's.....he figured out fairly quickly where we liked to park on the beach, and ...instead of having to play the "chair game"...Sean would set us up before we even got out of bed...mind you, he didn't do this for everyone, and this most certainly was no policy of the hotel....just a great young man...very nice to talk to...and helpful as can be when we wanted to take out a water toy.
Nice!
Great report! Sitting at work wishing I was there again....
So good :)) I'm cheesin thank you!!
I take it that cheesin is good ?:rolleyes:
great continuation report! We will be at the GP in June. can't wait. Hopefully we can get "in" with Sean..as the wife is shall we say a bit slow to get moving in the mornings..and it would be nice to have a couple of loungers ready. Good to know about the coffee too..guess I will be making it for the wife in the room in the mornings..I can't stand the stuff myself..
Here's another vid I made from our beach stay...looks like youtube has blocked it from being accessed on mobile devices, but it can still be viewed on a pc (???)
http://youtu.be/Cu-EEGTqkMg
awsome video!
That was totally Killer, thanks!!
loved the video!