Takin' the Newbies along Part 2 - a trip report

[Jenn]

Day 5 in Negril:
It was HOT HOT HOT today. Weather was PERFECT until it wasn't...but more about that later.

Got up - walked down to Shamrock for some OJ. Not sure of the time, but we were too early - they weren't open. Walked back towards Rooms and stopped at Sweet Spot market and grabbed an OJ for hubby, soursop for me and a diet coke for the room. I'm a pop drinker at home. Here - not so much. That one diet coke (20 oz bottle) lasted me the rest of my stay.

Had breakfast and finally got out our floats. Floated for awhile and what do you know? Here comes my favorite waiter - Brian! Carrying out a round of RS Light. Overall - it was a lazy morning of floating and enjoying the sites. I swear to God - people watching in Negril is the best. I love that no matter where you come from or what you look like - everyone is comfortable in their own skin when in Negril.
Bought some gizzadas for a quick snack to share and back in the sun.

Awhile later - they others decide to walk down to the market by the round about. We were still feeling lazy....so we opted not to go. However, after a bit...we decided it wouldn't kill us to get up and go for a walk. We headed north. Stopped and had a beer at the Boat Bar and saw the tiniest sweetest puppy! AHH - he was so sweet and so little! Kept on walking up to Wavz. Hmmm...I had read about Dru's on here and FB, so what the heck - let's stop! 2 for 1 drinks - she was making pina coladas - ok - we'll have that too. They were too sweet for me...but I suffered through it. As we arrived, we noticed a power company (big) truck stuck in the sand over by the ladies that have shops. They were working hard to get it unstuck with not a lot of luck. Decided to split a chicken patty. The truck was still being worked on - they had to take the tent down as they were backing up the truck, an inch at a time. Then, it started to rain. It was a chilly rain - but it felt great! Patty was served. Oh. My. God. Dru's patty's are fabulous! Holy cow! It was raining a little harder and hitting me in the back. Clearly, I didn't care. I just stood up to eat. So we sat in the rain and watched the world scurry out of the liquid sunshine.

Meanwhile - the truck is still stuck - so they took a cable stretch line and hooked it around a tree behind the bar. Uh...maybe we'll move. It stopped raining - and we moved over by the side. It snapped. They tried it a couple more times - by this time, we decided to head back down the beach. Chatted a bit with Dru, paid our bill, and off we went. If you haven't been to Dru's stop by. His prices are low, the food is great, and drinks are cold.