gettin my groove on "TRIP report" boardie bash style--april21-may11,2013

[billndonna]

Loving this report and the pictures,thanks for sharing Groove!!!

[groove16]

we took 3 boats out to Pelican Bar, and all loaded into 2 boats for the ride back....When we got to the beach, I noticed most of the other people that didnt go to the bar were under the shelter of the bar at the place we parked at...what caught my attention was everyone was fanning smoke out of their face, and I noticed a small cardboard fire, more embers than fire and a fan or something blowing the smoke....what the hell is that, I wonder....well, we all go to the restrooms, and there is a line...everyone is wanting to change out of wet clothes, and the next thing u know, everyone starts saying at once...the freaking mosquitoes...they were huge and plentiful...covered your legs in a matter of seconds....so that is what the smoke was for....lol....well, we all start to lather up with repellent, but some damage was done....

everyone is at this bar



we are all hungry....chicken welcomes us back and he is asking if we want to order some jerk chicken, as he has it set up for us to eat here...most of the other people who didnt make the trip were ordering theirs then....

this is where the trip took a turn for the weird....

I told chicken that i wanted chicken, lol....but a few minutes later someone came around saying that our bus was leaving and we were loading up....I look around and a few were loaded, but chicken and several were talking and I walk over and socialize with a couple of people over a few subs....we walk off a little, for a few minutes, and when I return, I am told to load on the bus....still waiting on a couple, but dont need me to disappear again...well, I see chicken smiling and joking with some people over there, here comes a couple more from my bus over there, so I am good...I get on the bus, ask Janet wtf, and then ask several others what was up and where we gonna eat...no one knows...finally all is on, and we have added a new passenger who has had TOO much to drink....job....since she is staying on the beach, and we are headed to the beach and they are not ready to go, she was going with us....then chicken gets on, starts gathering his things, and gets off...I follow him off, ask him whats up, and he says he is staying with the other bus...he was not ready to leave and they were all ordering food...our bus informed him that we didnt want to eat here and were ready to go....so chicken stayed with the other bus....


well u know the type of person who drinks too much and repeats things over and over....well we had this one on our bus...it was actually funny for a while...

I have been told by my boss, the wife, to shut up and stay out of it...it will be over in a little while...... we get going and someone asks what we are gonna eat....pepper shrimp, we are told, they have the best pepper shrimp in middle quarters....well janet likes those, so i am cool with that....after awhile, it is asked about the food again, the driver is asked how far to middle quarters, and he says we dont go thru there going from here and it is too far out of the way to go that way....a groan is let out from the crowd....now what....I remember a bunch a cookpots on the side of the road on last trip home from pelican bar....i ask about those...the driver says yeah we pass by those...so we all agree to give it a try....well he says something to someone and she relays some infor about the place...the folks can be aggresive in trying to sell fish and other foods....they might surround you...he tells her other stuff about being careful to count you $$$, a few precautions that we all should be using anyway.....about this time, we pull up....they surround the bus with plates of fish, bammy, festival, etc....she is trying to negotiate thru the window....it is beginning to get out of control, when one of the passengers wants to get off and smoke...no, cant do that, well, he gets off anyway, and is followed by many,...well we all negotiate our deals, pays our bills, and has some of the best conch soup and fish soup ever....it may have been cuz i was so hungry, but it was good...we finally get everyone loaded again, and away we go....a little into the trip, the one who had too many fired up a smoke, and was told to put it out and now her and someone else went back and forth for a minute....then she and her boyfriend went at it for a minute....agian it was funny, at first....someone yells at them to shut up, they shut up for a minute and start over,quietly at first and then louder and ouder until it is shut up time again...this goes on for a while, and finally someone yells at the friend to get up and move to the back of the bus...he does not move, she yells at him again, and he does not move....she tells the driver to pull over....he does....she tells this guy to get off the bus...now we are in the middle of nowhere, and it is about 10 pm and there is no way I would get off this bus,.....but he does...he slowly makes his way to the door, passes by me, and i am a little nervous that he is fixing to explode on her or something, but he just exits...and just like that, we are off...we jsut put someone off the bus in the middle of nowhere....omg.....I hope he dont have a cell phone and have a posse waitng for us up ahead....all kind of thoughts go thru my head....whew...well we drove in silence for awhile....finally the one who had too much to drink fires up another cig, and that discussion gets started again...lol....on thruogh sav la mar, and back to our hotel at shields, our 1st day there, more about it tomorrow...

now after this trip was over, those events were discussed amongst soem of us on the bus, and we ALL did not agree with the guy getting put off the bus,and also all agree we should have not let it happen, but it happened so fast.....anyway, I saw this person on the beach a couple days later, and he and I developed a bond...he hugged me, and kissed me on the cheek....I liked this guy....


thats the story how i saw it....lol...

[groove16]

when i get to the next installment, it will be one of the funnest times i have ever had.....pub crawl....

it may take a few days to get to it...but soon come

[Lady Jane]

Oh man, this is the BEST TR ever! And the pics. Awesome. And I love your style.

[Flipadelphia26]

lol. outstanding.

[kaycee]

Who is this "monitor" person??

[Ti2m]

Wow! Why would a driver allow this to happen? To put someone off the bus in the middle of nowhere? I would expect the driver to look out for the safety of all passengers and not take orders from a self-appointed monitor.

[Lola]

Your photos from Lovers Leap are really good, gave me a feeling of being up so high and water so far below!

[Flipadelphia26]

Everything groove posted is 100% true. It's not the bus drivers fault. It's me groove lorax and everyone else on the bus. It's our fault for not speaking up. It was a down point for sure.


But his account is 100% accurate.


Groove. Thanks for this report. Smile on my face all the way. Great week'

[Scott Rice]

All I can say is that this was one of the greatest trip reports ever.. and my eyes are burnt out from going thru all 22 pages in one sitting,,,,
worth every second..... what I have taken in and learned from this will make my next trip HUGELY better than my last Groove... you da man bud...
hangin with your crew would be the best.... can't wait for what's next.... Visine.. engage