Can I do a trip report too??

[rocknrollfarmer]

Goooood Morning Jamaica! Let's move quickly to Tuesday Dec. 16: Up at 7:00, walked down to the beach, helped the guys pick up branches, that they cut down as Gail thought they were blocking too much of the view to the sea. It was finally a calm morning, and BJ sensed that the time was was just right for SUP {stand up paddleboard} So, here goes...fat farmer guy attempting SUP for the first time! It's kinda hard, takes practice. It's somewhat similar to being in a canoe. First time I fell in, sure enough swallowed some water. You know what thats like...right? I finally did accomplish the feat, after falling in two more times. There, another item crossed off on my bucket list. Thanks BJ. The I sat with two ladies, who are friends with BJ, and the one lady lived only 40 miles from where I live! Small world. Then we went for breakfast with Suzie & Suzanne. They were all excited, as they had a religious experience at the concert at Bourbon Beach, plus had a blast at Seastar karaoke with us. Today's breakfast had BACON! Plus I really like the cornmeal porridge. No definite plans for today. Tomorrow though I am going with Gail to the Negril farmer's market. So, today we just decided to hang out on the beach or whatever {isn't that the beauty of this place? To quote from some famous author "Is this place FOR REAL"?} Later, we went for a beach walk to the left. We stopped and looked at the craft stuff @ WAVZ park . Bought 2 fish carvings for our daughter and son in law, who live in Fargo. You betcha! Then we walked way past Bourbon Beach, then back, and stopped for a couple ice cold Red Stripes at Big John's cooler, by Drifter's Bar. Then had some beers & dirty bananas @ Boat bar. The band was practicing. Good vibes mon' Kept walking, I bought a beef pattie from Neville. The, oh geez, for crying out loud, here comes Skip!. Then we stopped at Sunnyside, and took a picture with Odie to give to fargoman, plus we talked a likkle smack about fargoman. So, it's about 5;00 or was it six? Don't matter, remember we are on Jamaica time! We went to the grocery store for some supplies, then stopped at Cool Spot for supper . I had the curried conch and Deb had the fried chicken. It was good. Then we crashed about 8:30. Kinda showing our age a likkle bit, arent we? Almost done folks, only two days to go. Later. Today we go to Negril. Fargoman and his buds, better have not drank all the Red Stripes in Negril.

[rocknrollfarmer]

What day is it? What day is it? It's hump day!! Wednesday Dec. 17: Up early to go to the Negril Farmer's market with Gail, Jessie & the nice lady from NYC. Wow! This is quite an experience. We were there for about two hours. Gail loaded up a pickup truck and the back of a van with produce. I bought some bananas, a gizzada, a grater cake, and a slice of sweet potato pudding. Thanks Gail for taking me.
Back to the beach. Very hot today! Last full day, so, need to work on getting rid of the beer etc. Breakfast today was brown stew chicken & chocolate waffles etc. We took pictures of us withe the Santa hats we brought along, and left there for Allen, the movie star , singing chef etc. S + S wore the hats as well. We had really good sun, we walked to the right and bought a couple of those turtles {the ones with the bouncing heads} Gifts for friends back home. Then we walked to White Sands. Then it started to rain. Said goodbye to Irman @ Sun Beach. The rain kept coming down, that's good business for the beach bars! Made it back to NTH, and hung out with a couple from....guess where???.... Canada!! The S+ S girls went on the One Love bus! They were all smiley and such. Got a call from back home, Deb's mom had a slight heart attack back home, rushed her to Abbott in Mpls. {She turned out o.k.} Later, I got hungry, and wanted one more serving of chicken jerk...??? jerk chicken. Thanks rum punch! I had my slice of sweet potato pudding for desert.. It was delicious! Time to hit the hay! Last report coming... later. It's short I promise!

[rocknrollfarmer]

ok ok ok. I'm gonna quick knock this one out. Almost time to get picked up by Kenny's to Negril. Thursday Dec. 18: Up at 7:00. The S+S girls are going to try paddleboarding with BJ.
Breakfast this morning is Ham & bacon eggbake. Had a nice talk with Jessica, the almond oil lady. She's nice. We leave here at 12:00 noon. It's a beautiful day ! Went swimming for the last time, and then time to go. Our bus ride was nice. "Unique" was our driver, I gave him a Bob Marley
Legend" cd. That disc is almost perfectly timed, so when you get to the airport, it is finished. I left the cd with him. Flight for Charlotte leaves at 3:25, then off to Mpls. Then we'll just stay in Mpls. for the night as the 4 hour drive to our home is just too much at 10:00 p.m. Bye, Hope you enjoyed our trip report! Wow, I finished that up just in time, as our bus should be here at 12:00 noon {or so???} whatever, it's all good. Cool Runnings Walk Good. one love. RnR farmer & my beach queen.