A Tale of Two Seasons

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We decided to go rafting on the Rio Grande on Monday, so I called Devon and shamelessly dropped Vi's name to arrange to have him take us around for the day. The drive to the river was beautiful, and along the way we picked up a captain (Capt 26). Now he isn't a captain with the rafting company, but I liked him, and we didn't mind having him take us. Plus, Devon vouched for him.
The river was gorgeous and the weather was perfect.

[Maralunatic]

I brought my little speaker along, so we were jamming to some music with the captain singing along. I did forget to bring a cooler with beer...dang.

Just when I was kicking myself for not bringing some liquid refreshments, we came around a bend and saw this

Now, for those of you who have rafted down the river, you know that means....Belinda's food!!
I almost jumped in and ran to shore because this is the type of food I love. Plus there was beer!

This woman is an absolute sweetheart and one of the best cooks I've met in Jamaica!

We had a great lunch and while we were hanging out, we finally saw some other rafters. A couple from California, and another from Georgia. Oddly enough, after talking to them we realized that not only did they both have MN connections, but ones that were very close to the place we live.
Two years ago, we met a doctor that was from the next town over from us. This may not seem strange to most people, but we live in a town of 450 people, and the surrounding area is about the same.

Jumped back onto the raft and continued down the river until right before the official end. Remember, our captain was rogue. Devon picked us up and we headed to do some more exploring.