Long delay, I know, life continues to be interesting...
wpyogi - I smile back
Booger - I didn't think you'd have the Rusty, I understand you stay lubricated...
sbeth - terrific fun enhanced by a magical location. I've skied everywhere in norther Utah many times. Love them all, well maybe not Deer Valley, but Alta/Snowbird is Nirvana...
Manda - We ALL had a lot of fun with you, some more than others...
Tizzy - we missed you until tomorrow!
So the party stumbles in like rock stars but we’re caught by Ivans before we can fall into a stupor. From this point forward it seems as if every visit to Ivan’s is with a large group of people – 7, 8, 10, 14 – and has to include one or more rounds of chilly blended cocktails. The gang at Catcha can ALL work a blender with some serious skill but tonight Kevin and Ty throw down a terrific Dirty Banana. It takes a while to make a bunch of blender drinks so we have a few stripes to tide us over. Then we have the DB’s. Then Marley starts talking about the Pineapple Upside Down Cake shots that they had with Hubbity and Hubbity start raving about them and I start raving about why are they talking about them and not serving them? “You’re right!” says Marley and leads a turtle contingent back to her house.
We’ve been on a little bit of a round and round about what to do for dinner. Our indecision, and numerous tasty beverages, has put us well past the typical Negril dinner window. We manage to agree that we’re going to try to hook back up with GerryG at Bentley’s. If that fails there are several great options in the general vicinity. We finish up our pre-dinner dessert (Holy Crap!! They are delicious!!) and have Louis rustle up van to run us down to Pee Wee Lane. The driver does not know where Bentley’s is. I ask him if he knows where Pee Wee lane or Ella lane is. He doesn’t really. I find this kind of amusing. “Just past Xtabi,” I say, “slow down and I’ll point it out.” There is much revelry in the van and before I know it Marley asks, “Haven’t we gone too far?” and I see Canoe fly by. We never slowed down, not sure the guy knew where Xtabi was either! So we get the van turned around and head back to Pee Wee Lane and turn up the road. When we pull up to Bentleys and I can see lights on up on the deck so I hop out. A quick romp up the stairs reveals GerryG, SuzieQ and wpyogi +1 hanging out on deck with Bentley. “Bentley!” I yell and get a great smile in return. “Can you do Crab Cakes for 7?” I ask. “Ya mon, of course, come on up!” He laughs. GerryG has a big smile on his face as well. It’s on. Down the stairs quickly and the bale is out of the van. “Prepare yourself for ecstasy!” I say as we amble up the stairs.
