Percy drops us off at SeaSplash and we make arrangements for him to take us back to SeaStar tomorrow. It turns out that we don’t really need to do this. Percy will be just about everywhere we end up being the next couple of days. We head to the front desk and say we were told to mention Daisy and Markus. “Oh, number 6,” They say and make a phone call. “Jim is back at the bar and wants you to come see him.” We leave our bags at check in and head back to the bar. We sit down and have a drink. And a conversation. What a conversation. Very enlightening. It makes us feel better in most ways, worse in some, but all in all more comfortable about where we are and where we’re headed. And it all ends with Jim saying, “What can I do for you? What do you need?” And true to his word, he helps us. Thank you, Jim Hurt, you’re a good man in my book and SeaSplash won’t be the same.
We get settled in and hook up with Hubbity. We get word that a bale of turtles is coming ashore down at Country Country. We get set for a beach day. Sweetie Pie wants me to wear THE swim suit. When we had come down in February I had picked up a couple of new pairs of swim suits. One was a more traditional pair of swim trunks, the ones I wore at the flop. I had actually packed THE swim suit for the flop but backed out at the last minute. Went for the more conventional route. That right there should tell you a whole lot. The second suit I had left entirely up to Sweetie Pie. “You pick out what you want to see me in ‘cause if it gets your motor revving that can only be good for me!” I said at the time. It was an extremely successful strategy in February.
Now I’m happy to make Sweetie Pie happy and these shorts make her happy…Fortunately (for me, maybe not anyone else besides Sweetie Pie) I’m very comfortable with my body. Fortunately we’re in Negril, where a skin tight pair of beach volleyball trunks can seem modest comparatively. Unfortunately, Booger is who we are going to meet at Country Country…
So we gather up and stroll down the beach to meet the bale. A big group is here already. Jizzy and Pooger, Narley Minja and the SpottyCatz, Indy Bob and Cindy Lou Lurker. They’re getting a big order from the Patty Man as we walk up. “Want one?” says Booger as I’m walking up looking in my general direction. “Sure!” I say thinking this is another of those classic Booger treats. Ewww, Booger Treats! I think that’s going in the lexicon, gang…well, wrong! Somehow Sandie had managed to swing in behind us on our way to the group and he was asking her. “No dude!” says Boogs with a gesture past my shoulder and I turn to see Sandie, “but you want some Coco Bread?” Yup, Booger Treats! They are delicious.
