Thanks, Ladies! It's been fun to write, even though I don't normally spend much time online when I'm here. We have pretty good wifi, as we are close to the office. So, that helps !

I was up before 6:30 because of some dang bird! It was truly a Flintstone moment! Linds muttered something & rolled over. Once I saw it was light I got out of bed & went to the edge of the cliffs. But, before I did I looked to see what the heck was making so much noise!!! It could NOT have been that lil bird outside our window?! Lol

It is so wonderful to be able to wake slowly in such natural beauty. I usually sit for a few minutes staring at the sea & often when I turn around, James, our Rasta 'Night Man' is sitting there smiling at me. (No, I'm not wearing a skimpy nightie! I think he hears my pitter patter & when he goes to check, must enjoy the sleepy eyed rapture on my face! Sometimes we chat, sometimes not.

Today was a LAZY day! Not many clouds & no rain on the cliffs. The first day so far, I think. We sunned on the cliffs for a few hours today. Lotsa sunscreen & cooling off in the shade was necessary! There was a good breeze today. Other than our pink noses, we are brown now! We are still careful of the sun, but not as fearful now!

We walked down to LTU for lunch about 1:30. I had a jerk chicken sandwich & Lin had jerk chick skewers. LTU was the first place I went to in Negril, we stayed next door at the big house at Villa Sur Mer in 2004. I still like LTU's casual vibe & the food is good too. Plus, all kinds of characters visit LTU!

We hung out for an hour or so then made our way to the store. I've been out of Rum Creme since yesterday & wasn't going another day without it. We stopped by Mr Fixit's place. He's one of my friendly faces in the neighborhood.....despite the fact that I've been telling him for 9 years that I don't need fixing!!! Lol I couldn't decide what to buy. I asked him about the ankle bracelets. But, often when I'm here my ankles swell from heat & salt & they don't fit. He picked 1 out & fastened it on me. It was the perfect one too! Good fit & pretty colors. I couldn't have picked better! Lin got a thick JA woven bracelet. We stopped to talk to Kevin the jerk guy too. When we got to the store we ran into Carol who is a waitress at Catcha. She always took good care of us when we stayed there & we still stop in to see her when we stay elsewhere. We talked about going to see her tomorrow anyways but this was a nice surprise!

We bought a few things at the store & went home. It was close to 4:30 & the sun wasn't as strong. We hung out by the cliffs & sea for a few more hours. The sea was calm early this morning but otherwise, has been extremely rough today. Like a washing machine! & after the relatively cloudless day, clouds had to come at the last minute to muck up our sunset! Of course, it was still beautiful but I want green flash spectacular!
The next thing you know it's almost 8pm! We decided to walk over to Ivan's since it was close & we haven't been there yet.
Lin had jerk chick pasta, which was delicious! I had seafood curry with mashed tatoes & veggies. Mine was good. Hers was better! We both nibbled on her pasta & still brought some home. We split a piece of mocha cheesecake too! After, we wandered around the grounds a bit. Love to see the lighthouse flashing & there is a great lighthouse view from Catcha.

The road seemed very quiet, considering it was only 9:30. I don't think a car passed us on our walk next door. We got settled & headed out to our yard to see the stars. The sea is still crazy rough! I had some Rum Creme & a puff. We sat out there for about an hour. Lil Miss made it to 10:30 tonight! I guess it's a good thing for this trip report cause if she was a party dog, I prolly wouldn't have the time to write at night! Now, it sort of feels like when she was little & I tucked her in for the night! Next time, I'm going with a grown-up who can stay up late & party! (Yetta?!) Lol

While we were sitting there we saw a shooting star! We laughed & said it was good verification that we both saw it & not just 1 of us imagining it!

We have been in contact with Dan&Sue from the board today. We enjoyed hanging with them at the Pub Crawl last night. & talked about getting together again tonight. We've been using iMessage with our wifi to keep in touch with my sons at home & suggested to them that we do that as a quicker way than email. Guess that worked in theory only...... We never did hear from them tonight....until 3 iMessage/texts came thru. The time stamps were 8:30 & 9:30..... But they came thru at 12:30! Oh well, good try anyways! We'll try again tomorrow!

& with that I'll say goodnight!