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

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the trip report continued...

Saturday 5/4/13....This is our last day on the beach...we move to Catcha to rejoin our friends Larry Rick Carolyn and Rina tomorrow...the sea is a little rough today...

we eat breakfast at shields...

coco, shields beach dog, and the view from our breakfast table


Janet had met a lady from Canada named Grace. She was staying at Bar B Barn, and today was her last day...We decide to pack a beach bag and cooler and hang at BarbBarn today....we also briefly meet a wonderful couple that live a coupe hours from us here in Georgia...Bettye and John...more with them later....

BarBBarn has a nice bar area, and I found Mike, the security guard, arranged to look after our things and Janet if I went on my walk...A small tip with the right person usually gets me what I want....


My friend Mike, BarBBarn security

Pinkys gift shop at Bar B Barn...

Earlier I had taken over one of Janets bag....she found one in Pinkys shop...well, I do the bargain game, and although it is a easier to bargain on the beach, the prices start higher and I have found the best way to get a deal is to look at multiple products...so I end up with some swim trunks, 2 bags, a towel, a hat, I think there was another item or 2, I got a great deal, I think, but like always, got more stuff than I needed...lol...so who got the best deal, me or Pinky? I guess we both won...

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Once Janet is set up, I get bored as usual, so I walk to my usual spot, the yellowbird....a few pics along the way...a volleyball game on the beach and these guys are serious

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view of the sea and me by the lunch menu...


cotton candy vendor on the beach...if u sit in your chair long enuff, u can get a good variety of stuff to by...best window shopping ever...



views down the beach,

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The sea are gettting rough.....


sea grapes


Angelas Italian Restaurant upstairs


a party boat goes by


Janet makes another child happy


and our friend Grace....

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and now the dogs...as you can tell by now, we love the dogs...since I've move to this end of the beach, I have a dog that goes on all of my beach walks, I am told his name is hotdog....he follows me to yellowbird, I tell him to get back as I go to the bar, and he goes and finds him somewhere to stay, and as soon as I start to go back, out of nowhere, he joins me...when i tell him back, he stops following me....

anyway we bring food for the cats and dogs as well as the kids stuff...

this first dog is new to me...


this is stella...I have pics of stella in front of BarBBarn in my trip report of our 1st trip to Jamaica in 2009..


and the yellow dog is hot dog


and a new dog


and the horses on the beach
not sure if that is good or not

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Time for seastar saturday night party...no explanation necessary at this point, the 2nd time here this trip...

as we are waiting to get picked up, there is a big party beginning to get started across the street from NBCC behind the little shops right there...the music was already playing very loud and the people were gathering and partying...I get into is a little as we wait to be picked up...Jennies and the others in the front desk at shields come out to watch me as usually this late in the day I am feeling pretty good and doesnt take much for me to get silly....so I am dancing and waving my hands in the air "if u love jamaica put ur hands up"...hehehe


the seastar band


Rasta Stan, one of our own boardies, joins the band for a few tunes...great voice and entertainer...


the fireman


this was a great time as always, but a look around at the crowd also made it a little bitter sweet...we are here partying with a few friends, but a lot of our friends either left today or were leaving soon, which made us realize we were leaving soon, too....tonights party included Larry and RIna, 2Nutz4travel, Rob, (even lisa skipped the party)
and Tawnee...im sure i missed someone, but that was about it for the boardie bash crowd...the may roll call crowd had taken over...lol....tonight was flip last night so we shared a few laughs and said our goodbyes...he is staying at catcha in the same room that me and janet are moving into tomorrow....he told me he might leave me a gift under the bed if it didnt fit in the bags, so to be sure to check if we got there before the maids did...

Back at shields, the big party is really cranking....people and cars are lined from shields all the way as far as i could see....the DJ that i mentioned in my last trip report that played the loud booming music at jamaica tamboo, well this was him.,, he does a lot of screaming, yelling, and the music is really loud, but it is good music tonight so I hang out in the shields parking lot, observing, with the security guard, python, "everybody strike yur lighters".....lol

[Lulu and Al]

You didn't even let our lounge chairs cool off till you moved in! We left Grace the day before, been with her a few different trips, she sure can talk! See you were at Coconuts, recognize the paint, we have to hook up next year, you know all our friends too, BBB's our home base, love the drinks at Yellow Bird, you have Ann in your pictures too, fine Jamaican lady and business woman.

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You didn't even let our lounge chairs cool off till you moved in! We left Grace the day before, been with her a few different trips, she sure can talk! See you were at Coconuts, recognize the paint, we have to hook up next year, you know all our friends too, BBB's our home base, love the drinks at Yellow Bird, you have Ann in your pictures too, fine Jamaican lady and business woman.

Grace was a talker...we have her email and plan to hang with her and yall in april...yeah we like sheldon at coconuts, and we love Ann....

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Today was moving day, our last day on the beach for our flight...we are moving to Catcha Falling Star for two days of relaxing before heading home...

The seas are rough again today...Ben told me yesterday that they had closed the water entrance at catcha, ltu and others due to the high seas..we were having so much fun on the beach, and can't get into the sea up at catcha..., that I tried to cancel my reservations at catcha and stay on the beach...Request denied, of course....so we make plans forthe last few hours on the beach...we decide to go to BarBBarn, we had a great time yesterday, and would say good bye to grace....


this is bettye, her husband John, and herself live a couple hours from us in Georgia...much more on her later




signs on beach


horse on the beach



moms place



sea weed from the rough seas

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the seas were rough today, my friend...

we got hot, and got in to cool off a bit...normally u can walk out forever, but today we have a few waves..I enjoyed playing in the waves for a little, but there is nothing relaxing about the swim...it is a constant bombardment of waves...now this is what we get on the atlantic ocean, but normally here in negril...Janet gets knocked down and goes under, much to her displeasure..she hates getting her head wet, never swims underwater, etc...this ends her swimming until the seas calm down..

a few pics before we head back to shields to pack..