The 55 and 5 birthday, anniversary, reunion, celebration adventure.

[nutz4travel]

Thanks! We'll check it out, we do have to eat after all...

[HuskerJohn]

Thanks for the updates Ras Walleye! Quick question for you - I know you love BCC - is it worth a trip there for dinner and do you need reservations?

We're supposed to be getting a mix of freezing rain, rain and snow tonight - I'd much prefer your view! Soon come

Teddy is a great chef! Get there early and enjoy the Sunset from the yard. After dinner hit the No Limit Bar and PeeWee's!

[Jamaica Miss]

Teddy is a great chef! Misti, Ted and I went there for dinner a few days ago. She and I had the biggest lobsters I have ever seen in Jamaica. Ted had steamed fish that he said was really good and that's coming from another chef's mouth. So do give him a try.

[nutz4travel]

Will do - Ras Walleye - chances are we'll be there either the 17th or the 18th - maybe we'll see you then!

[Jambarney]

Wicked start Ras, really enjoy reading your reports!!

Have a great stay!!

Jamb

[Biggs of the week]

Thanks Ras,sounds like Bourbon Beach will get some of my tourist dollars.Have you bumped into Big Roy ?

[VVHT]

Ras,

Good stuff, please keep it coming!

Enjoy,

VVHT

[Craig123]

Thanks for the updates Ras Walleye! Quick question for you - I know you love BCC - is it worth a trip there for dinner and do you need reservations?

Absolutely the BEST lobster thermodore I have ever eaten!!!!!

[pretty40]

Enjoy you two!!

[Ras Walleye]

Another beautiful morning in Negril!
This trip has been wonderful but got off to a sad start. 2 days before we left my step father died. He was 95, still himself and surrounded by family so he was many times blessed. He was an extraordinary good man. Patient and kind with a keen eye and a quick wit. As I was growing up he and I rarely saw eye to eye but the older I got the more I understood and we became good friends. He was a talented portrait and landscape painter with portraits hanging in the Truman Museum and the State Capital building in St. Paul, MN. He taught me that craftsmanship is art in its own rite. One of the earliest memories I have is of a trip with him to the north shore of Lake Superior. It was the first time I was enchanted by big water. As I sit here on the cliffs of Negril experiencing that same enchantment, I find I miss him very much and am grateful to have had him in my life.

Then we lose Sally. In all the years I never met her but you can't be a boardie and not know of her and her good works. Rest well sister.

As to what we've been up to. Seastar was a blast as always and Francine is looking more radiant than ever!
Went up to Treehouse for breakfast. If you never have, you really should at least once. All you can eat buffet with custom omelettes and waffles, fresh fruit and a variety of Jamaican breakfast foods. Ackee and saltfish, porridge, callaloo, dumplings and more. Oh yeah coffee and orange juice also included. Free if you are staying there, $13US as a visitor.
Went to Push Cart for dinner last night with Al & Beth. Beautiful setting, great 3 piece Mento band that no one was tipping except me. Expensive drinks and ok food but nothing wowed us.

Today I await the arrival of my father and step mother and a brother and sister with another brother in the next day or 2 so things are about to get busier.
Have a blessed day everyone and never miss an opportunity to tell someone you love them.

Ed