Takin' the Newbies along Part 2 - a trip report

[Jenn]

Day 8 in Negril continued:
So - showered and met up at the bar - enough time to enjoy happy hour there and then keep the party going over to Woodstock to finish up their happy hour. Where do we go for dinner tonight. Nobody really ready to eat OR make a decision. Ok then...another round of drinks please. We stayed at Woodstock and watched people wander back to their hotels after a long beach and rain day or those who were already ready for the evening walk towards whatever dinner destination they had in mind. We laughed and chatted and just enjoyed the moments we had. Finally one of them - I can't remember who - said - let's go back to Best in the West. Perfect! Here are some parting shots from Woodstock:
We were treated to a glorious final sunset!






My favorite picture of the trip...totally taken by chance.




From here we walked down to Best in the West. They were hoppin' tonight! We were seated fairly quickly and ordered a round of drinks and pork for everyone. Super fast service with a smile. We stayed and hung out for a little longer - but when a new wave of folks came, we surrendered our table and headed out.

On the walk back, we decided to stop by Roger's Bar again. A fun little place to hand out with a different view. Roger himself was working this evening and we sat and whiled away some time with him. I took a couple pictures of Rogers, one of which was of Brian, Tom, Amy, and Roger. I VIVIDLY remember saying "WOW- that turned out great." I'll let you decide which picture that is...





Well, once you had time to really look those pictures over - you should be able to make a judgment call about my state at that moment. Either way - maybe I wasn't a great photographer at that moment - but I was still walking and talking clear as a bell. We said our goodbyes and headed back to Rooms.

We spent the rest of the night over at Sunnyside. After we were there for a bit, it started raining. It started raining harder. And it kept on raining. One Foot was coming down the beach and stumbled a bit causing him to fall. Brian went out to help him up and help him get his rain coat on and bring him to the bar to get out of the pouring rain. He sat up next to me and we chatted for a long while. What an interesting man he is and a kind soul. Someone bought him a beer and I bought him a water. There is a lot more to our evening with him at Sunnyside, but out of respect, I'll keep that off the internet. I will simply say - be kind to everyone you meet. You never know how their story was written. Don't assume that everyone needs a beer, when a meal or a water/juice will be better. Our story ended well that night. We headed back to the room.