Gerry G's TRAIL OF ASHES TOUR Final Chapter -- The Mighty Californian's return

[DConkle]

Glad you are ok and were able to shake it off!

[gerryg123]

Here are some pics:



Feeling right at home at Seastar Inn



Famous Vincent, a Negril legend



My Seastar Inn neighbor, Kevin from Norway. Great guy.

[Lady Jane]

Looking good Gerry. More please

[Crusher]

I see the new bartender at Seastar is a friendly fella eh GG?

[walleyed99]

I see the new bartender at Seastar is a friendly fella eh GG?

Alvin's a great guy! He was there last year when we were there!!

[Crusher]

I was talking about Gerry lol!!

[gerryg123]

I made my way down to Seasplash, the usual spot, the usual routine for four or five trips in a row now. It was just me and Vincent, and by now we've become pretty good friends, as I've gone snorkeling/spear-fishing with him probably about fifty times now.

God it felt good to be back in the incredible Jamaica ocean. If you love the feeling of a nice warm sea with aquarium-like clarity and schools of beautiful fish, this is the spot.

Famous Vincent pulled in an octopus, but when he went thru his catch back on the h boat, he was disappointed by the one that got away -- a big groutfish that somehow slipped out of the bag as Vincent swam along.

I just stuff the fish I catch into my bathing-suit pocket, and Vincent eventually keeps them all to help feed his family.

I filled the scooter with gas at the Shell station, then on a lark I headed to Blue Cave Castle for breakfast. I stayed there once and have visited several times through the years. There is always a good vibe there -- not a fancy place by any means but still a cool place to hang, as a lot of the guests are long-time returnees.

I had the shrimp and eggs for ten dollars, plus free coffee, and all was irie.

I knew I was only staying the one night at Pure Garden, so I tried to keep most of my stuff in the suitcase and carry-on, but of course it still took me a while to organize every little thing like all the computer cords and stuff, and I packed it the best I could.

My plan was drive my scooter to check-in at Seastar Inn -- god I could not WAIT to be back on the iconic hotel's caring hands -- while following my suitcases in a cab. But I didn't want just any cab. My luck, the driver would take off with everything and say "good luck, gerryg123." But I had Shayne in my back pocket, a loyal cabbie for many years. He picked me up with a friend and we took off up the hill.

On the way, I saw Nicky, a favorite party girl, up on the hill. She has her own white scooter -- I was impressed with this -- and since I've known her for years I said meet me later at the Seastar.

Well, her "later" was an instant u-turn, and all of us arrived together. i bought Nicky a fruit punch to be nice, but my room wasn't quite ready so I her told maybe we could visit again later. For now, I wanted to be with all my homies at Seastar Inn. It is my favorite place in the world.

[HuskerJohn]

Wow! That likkle incident with the 2 guys on a MC sounded intense! Glad everything turned out OK. I like your friend Kevin from Norway's Nebraska shirt. We have fans all over the World I guess. . Keep the trip reports coming! It's All Good!

[Hussyband]

Glad you are having a good trip. Don't go scooting around at 5 am anymore, I cannot take these parts of the tr's. Be safe, man.

[gerryg123]

I met Chickster, a friendly Canadian, at Seastar Inn. Like so many of us, he is a frequent return visitor, along with his girlfriend, Kimbo (not to be confused with Seastar Kimbo).

This was Wednesday, and after checking into my room, I kind of zoned out, only to be surprised an hour later by Lenbert Williams from the Pub Crawl; I had said I wanted to go but forgot all about it, but usually I just follow along in my scooter anyway, so I said I would catch up later.

There was also Weathermon's mini-boardie bash going on at the same time at Canoe Bar -- it turned into quite a party, by the way -- so there was a lot going on for my first day in Negril.

I love it. I am home.