Day Two!
Up my 9:30, mon! No hangover, we be jamming!
Off to excellent buffet breakfast with poached eggs for Diane and a tomato &
green pepper cheese omelette for the other D.
Signed up for Catamaran cruise and off
to the beach. We hung out in the water on body-length floating things (cushions
from beach lounge chairs). Drank Piña Coladas (Diane) and Jamaican
Brownings (Drew) while floating in the ocean. C'est
bon!
Off for a walk on the beach.
Passed Sandals, Beaches, then local beaches. Back to room to read a bit and get
shower head fixed. It trickled for the 1st day, but was fixed by the 2nd and
works fine now). Drank Red Stripe and wine from the fridge.
Mini-bar restocked! Oh, there be
rejoicing here, mon! Irie!
Off to
Veggie bar and ... <drum roll please> ... more Jamaican sushi! Smoked
Marlin sushi rocks. Then, back to the room to get supplies and off to the
Catamaran cruise @ 3:15.
We waded out
to the boat (~ waist deep) then sat, drank, and watched the coast go buy.
Stopped at cliff diving area. Two from the boat might have gone, but I didn't
see anyone do it. It was a 35 foot drop and as the captain said, "Listen boys,
you'll crack your peanuts if you do it wrong." That was good enough for
me.
But, for the less inclined for the
holiday-appropriate Nutcracker Suite, the catamaran had a slide off the side.
Drew was the second one down the slide. I didn't lean a bit forward so once I
left the slide, I rotated backwards and got salt water up my nose. But, hey, it
cleared my sinuses! On my second time down the slide, I leaned too far forward
and did an inverted U into the ocean. The third time, I got better, but the
fourth time was stellar... perfect vertical drop. 9.8 and 9.9s all around! :-)
Diane did the slide twice, perfectly both times. I guess I pressured her into
doing it. While she enjoyed it post facto, I'll be more careful and considerate
next time.
We met two couples on the
boat, one was getting married the next day and the other were just engaged. The
later were Dan and Chris, and Dan & I both had gone down the slide 4 times
(egging each other on). All three of us encouraged Chris to go down the slide,
and she eventually did...twice!
We all
swam around the boat for awhile and then got back on board to watch the sunset.
They did a limbo contest which an engaged woman won as we got near the resort.
We waded back onto the beach. Showers, relaxing, and fun in the sun prior to
heading to Feathers @ 9 PM.
Posted: Sat
- December
11, 2004 at 07:01 PM