If I figured out the photo thing anyone can trust me.
If I figured out the photo thing anyone can trust me.
Trip #59 most of February
Hi Lola ~ I left you a voice message on your phone ... but I realized it was likely too soon, prior to your arrival. I thought I still might hear from you ~ maybe next time. YES ... we revamped the scooter for me so I would have my own dependable transport without relying on only taxi rides. We LOVE the new motorcycle - it is awesome!
Hi Poolguy ... what a process to try to upload photos .... sheesshhhh ~ well ... it will keep me from posting too too much!
anyhooo ~ moving along.
I have had the pleasure of knowing Ari for years - we used to work together here in Minneapolis. She would join Jaith and me at the beach for lot's of swim, sun, chats over cocktails at Aqua (love Love LOVE that bar), and laughter beyond ~
Ari would also invite me to join her on random outings - what good fun we had! THANKS Ari ~ much love to you and your husband. I was at the beach on morning, and they called to invite me and Bim along on a day trip to YS Falls. Bim busy working, so he sent me on my way to enjoy the adventure.
Howie's One Stop is the cook shop located at the final turn off to YS ... photo'd up there -
There was a pile of pear that caught my eye ... YES!! please sell me your best one!!
We all picked up our lunches and arrived at YS:
we boarded the jitney to ride back to the fall attraction. the rest of the guests were a group from England ~ I tried to engage them in some sort of conversation .... they were simply NOT having it!! No one would turn their head - no one would speak!! all just sat face forward and stoic, stone cold silence!!
nevermind .... we enjoyed conversation amongst ourselves and soon arrived. I have always just loved YS ... it is glorious! and I love the fact they have been able to keep the family that still lives on the property have their private lives, along with the cattle and horses that are scattered all around.
We had a spectacular time ... the river was running really high ~ Ari and I were swimming in the river pool at the base of all the walking falls sections ... I got sucked back into the rocks and pulled under - Lord God!!! Ari is a strong swimmer and was close enough to pull me back up and get me to the steps for her husband to help me up out of the river.
nuff river swimming for me that day. went over to the river water swimming pool to enjoy the rest of that day. weather had changed for the day and it was beginning to rain ~ to we made our way back home.
Last edited by Laurel; 12-19-2011 at 11:04 AM.
We often took our breakfast at Coletta's ~ the ONLY time I have ever not been perfectly satisfied with the quality of my food was when Miss Coletta was not feeling well and was not in charge of the kitchen.
Our friend Dandy (Driver for Catch A Falling Star) has been working on a cook shop business for the past couple of years. He has wanted us to come check him out since his start up, he was having a party and insisted we had to come join the fun. So glad we did; it was plenty of good fun:
The food was wonderful!! the beer was icey cold!! the music was blasting!! bellies full and the dancing was full on!! FABULOUS night out!!
Dandy is wonderful ~ his Cook Shop business is called "Seafood Haven & Natural Juice Bar" ~ it is located about 15 minutes from Negril on New Hope Main Road, Little London, across from Knotts Block Factory. His phone numbers are 876-572-4423, 876-313-1748, and 876-576-0159 ... during slow times he is not open for business every night, but check him out ... he can certainly throw it down!!
Last edited by Laurel; 12-20-2011 at 12:25 PM.
The idea was for me to take over the scooter now that we got him a new motorcycle ... we thought the best idea would be for me to learn how to manage the scooter by practicing on the new roads built up in the future housing project behind our house. I was getting eaten by ants one morning of training, so that was a short lesson. the next time we had time to get out there, I had a couple good runs up and down the steep hills; so I gained confidence ~ I thought I have to speed up the learning process and learn to turn corners using the turn signals, and 'KEEP TO THE LEFT SIDE, KEEP TO THE LEFT SIDE'.
Oh Hell NO!! ... I was turning up a steep hill, onto an even steeper hill and lost control of the bike ~ smashed into the curb, pitched myself up over the ledge, and proceeded to tumble via summer salting down the steep hill.
Bim was way far down the hill watching this debacle unfold before his eyes ... he heard me cry out ~ then tried to listen for me screaming; I was not hurt too badly tho, so there was no need for any screaming ... I had to get myself up as much as possible to allow him to know I was not dead yet!
bungled up my neck, back, hip, bruised and black n blue legs .... *sigh* ~ it is always something!!
needless to say ~ the scooter lessons were put onto the back burner until I healed up myself ...
While I spent my days at the seaside swimming with the Girls or on day trips out with Ari ... there was just no time to keep in my kitchen to do much cooking during the week. Often he would just bring me a take away fried chicken meal from The Ackee Tree or Sweet Spice, or Estovitch Fish & Festival from Mi Yard (shown below), or hot juicy jerk chicken from Marshall at "Step Aside" .... nice every time.
Last edited by Laurel; 12-19-2011 at 03:55 PM.
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