Zion Hill, you gotta see this place

Linston picked me up from The Westender Inn.
Right on time, to the minute.
"hey, after we drop my friend off, how about checking out Zion Hill.
"You got time" Linston said,
Sure I do.

So, not too far from where I was staying, we made a left off of the main road

It was a cool drive. Through the awesome countryside,
through a field of Sugar cane.
Then the road went up, up and away!

We ended up driving down a road and pulled over.

Linston started pointing out all of his crops, veggies and fruit trees
that he is growing on his land.
Nice and Organic, all natural he said.

Then I saw it.
A house up on a hill.

A nice new looking Board house.
Oh, this must be Captain D's spot.
"Yeah Mon, he's not here now" Linston told me.

I got out the car and
Holy Mackerel!! The view!!
Man I could see forever that high up!
So high up you get a 360 degree view, nothing in the way.

A long ways off are some low mountains.
That is west, we get great sunsets here.

Sweet, the view was spectacular.

We walked up some more steps, built right into the side of the hill.


He showed me another house in the making up on the hill.
"This one will be a 1 bedroom with Kitchen and bath and

a 2 bedroom with a kitchen and bath over there, he pointed out.

Nice, nice.
Man, if you have all your supplies with you, there is no need to leave that high mountain top.

The breeze was excellent.

After a while, I asked about the Mineral Bath.
Yeah Mon, it is always flowing.

We hopped in the Jeep and went down a lonely little bush like path.

Soon, we were deep in the countryside.
Tall trees all around us.
We parked and I saw a long cement trough like water way
running down the hill.

Back in the day, there use to be a Lime plantation,
and they used the water to turn those big wheels,
for smashing the fruit for juice.

One of Linston's workmen was standing by, waiting for us.
Linston had stopped at a hardware store to get an elbow like PVC joint for his pipes.

We walked up to the pool of water coming out the side of a hill.
Man, it was about 10'x 8' and about 2-3 feet deep.

The water flowed in and sat on top of big underground rocks.

Then it flowed into the cement trough.
Linston had PVC pipes leading all the way down the hill to
a gravity like driven pump that supply's his properties.

What ingenuity, what a great use of natures wonderful water.
Running through the limestone and volcanic rock,
it comes out naturally filtered and cool to the touch.
Picking up minerals as it travels.

I bet a cool bath, right there would be wonderful.

Another road trip on the bucket list!! I bet the views are breathe taking!!:D

''Those steps built up the side of the hill,'' try maneuvering those after a few......in the dark.....lol. !!!!

Thanks for the kind words. Hard to believe that it's been 43 years since I bought the property.

We adopted Linston and Ailsa in 1980, He was 11 and she was 9.

It's one of the great blessings of my life to pass it on to them.

Cap

ok .... dave..i,m going to come visit ..some day..i will call >>:cool:

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Originally Posted by jojo p

''Those steps built up the side of the hill,'' try maneuvering those after a few......in the dark.....lol. !!!!

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Next year we're building a new "winding staircase" up to the top. Normal steps with a hand rail.

Cap

sweet, just being funny, but it was crazy, light when we all went up, dark going down it was all good, last time I was there, there were no walls to speak of, just frame, can't wait to
see it again in Feb !!!

That's awesome!

Beautiful story

Zion Hill Taxi and Resort? :D I'm in for a few nights. And we haven't been there in person to see it. lol!

Cap - we really loved our last visit and when you're ready for guests we'd love to stay there!

We should have asked Linston if he had time to take us out there while we were in Negril in October. We totally missed out- but hopefully NEXT time!!!

This is one of the coolest threads I have seen on here in a long time. Capt D's story from the outside has to cater to the many folks who have dreamed long and hard about making the move to Jamaica. I just might beg a visit my next trip.

Had a great time visiting Zion Hill, this past August. We grabbed some box lunches on the way, sat and chilled with Linston's mom for a while then headed up to the top of the hill to enjoy the view. I need to plan a return visit to see all the progress that has been made.

I call dibs on renting the new cottage when it is finished. If Linston ever builds the pool and bar on top of the hill, you will never get me to leave. ;)