Oh, my gosh. So sorry for your loss. I remember the ackee avatar and his posts well. Such a character and great stories. Always made me laugh! Wish I could find the story he told about his first trip to Negril. If I can remember right, he and a friend were supposed to take a trip to Mexico but somehow ended up in Negril. Maybe you know the story. Excellent idea about going to Negril, Erin. Lots of people, me included, have found comfort, peace and healing there, and like Blandy said, you would experience what your dad loved so much about it. Will definitely have a cold one for Nick the next time I'm in Jamaica. Thanks for letting us know.
I think him and a friend hitch hiked from Glassport, PA to Miami only to have his buddy mistaken for a terrorist as they were boarding the plane for Mexico. Kicked off the plane and desperate, some dude said, Dudes! you gotta check out Jamaica. Well, they did and two pivotal things happened to him during that vaca. #1 he was offered to buy oceanfront land in Negril for a mere $1,000 per acre by going in on it with a Jamaican. He laughed and turned it down and thought... why would I do that when I could buy land in Glassport for that? Another, maybe not as awesome thing... he ventured into a random hole in the wall bar countryside and there were 2 people sitting at the bar. One of the guys said, "dude.. you just missed it. Mick Jaggar JUST left" both of these things, he strongly believed, foreshadowed the rest of his life. 
there's other ways to do it ,but I think that's the best way! Peace
