It is called The Hidden Oasis...and it is centrally located to the areas we will be visiting.
It reminds me of a tiny B&B...and its selling feature beside the pool is a full kitchen. Maybe we can try some additional authentic Jamaican dishes!
Things to Do
https://youtu.be/0SZ3bpQ-bAA?si=9urld-FW9kjGMlRn
As well, Manchester has an eerie Haunted Church.
Already, there are several sets of twins...two sets of triplets...and a bunch of singles.
18 to be exact...although we have already lost one to the raging river...so we are back down to 17.
Cubs have a rough start...and we routinely lose 50% before they turn three...which is why the parks department doesn't assign numbers until they are emancipated.
It is great to start and end the day with the bear-folk, again...and we are soooooooooooooooo excited about the number of littles seen!!!
Holly's daughter, Jolly...and her three Jolly-Beans
https://youtu.be/kSily5TKQ_g?si=W92sbxfOILY7PitY
#164 Bucky
https://youtu.be/ZmJHg1uA2zM?si=Ae32tYbfuxBIf2A2
#89 Backpack
https://youtu.be/h7zi7gQChFo?si=QUJqklupM0A_ddG7
#83 Wayne's Brother
https://youtu.be/yZXgKvP16yc?si=8pK0sddJ_lp27vCA
Who has the distinguishing aberration of white claws making him easy to identify.
#151 Walker is back...
And hibernation has just ended.
The salmon are slowly returning...
...we call all the salmon "Reggie" and the gulls "Alice"...
Still missing Otis
...tears...
who will always be "KING".
Which did have donkey races.
Donkey Festival
https://youtu.be/t2gEJs1h-9w?si=NV80ECN1CYnuXxWm
https://youtu.be/b_8sG8PxjFU?si=EuXdCOC-WLG8NpwE
Anyway...next week we will move on to Manchester...and not a moment too soon!
Milk River.
It is peaceful...rich with minerals...a hot spring staying roughly 90-95 degrees...and one of the most naturally radioactive bodies of water in the world.
SAY WHAT?????
Enough so that it sends a Geiger Counter clicking away.
The water, which they tout as having healing properties, is so radioactive that you are permitted only 20 minute sessions per day.
It is still pretty cold and sparse out, right now...but just wait.
Chunk was, reportedly, the first bear out/seen.
Several have mentioned a bunch of cubs this year...haven't seen them yet.
Excited!
The bears are back!!!!!
Here we are...back in virtual Jamaica!
Our hotel for the week is The Dynasty.
The rooms are nicer than a guest-house but far beneath a Holiday Inn.
It is affordable...$71 USD per night...and clean.
Besides...there doesn't seem to be a lot to do in this Parish...so we will be moving on fairly quickly.
Attractions include The Milk River Mineral Spa and The Woodleigh Dirtbike Race Track.
Wednesday, we will check out the spa...
What the fucking fuck???
I mean, seriously.
At first, when they drained the Reflection Pool...painted it dark blue...walked and drove on it...refilled it...ignored the professionals who told them the 90 degree heat and dark bottom, shallowness and still water would create a perfect environment for algae growth...and it did...and even when the Department of the Interior said the water was clear...even though it was Mountain Dew Green...I stayed quiet.
When they dumped gallons of hydrogen peroxide in...which was kind of like spitting in the wind because the pool is filled with 6.75 millions of gallons of water.
...you do the math...
I stayed quiet.
It wasn't going to kill the algae...much less the ducks/ducklings.
When the paint started peeling and floating up...I just nodded and said that obviously the "I KNOW A GUY" approach to contract work didn't work.
And assumed our litigious-happy inhabitant of the Oval Office would hold the contractor responsible and he would be forced to fix the mistake.
Boy, was I in for a surprise.
No...the Orange-Idiot took to TS to blame the usual suspects for vandalism...adding something corrosive to the pool...slashing the blue liner 250 feet...and posting the National Guard to guard The Algae????
Really???
And MAGA...well, they lapped it up like a dog eating its own vomit.
Face it...he is an idiot.
Okay...I'm done.
Wished James and Chris Happy Father's Day!
John is improving every day!
Eating well...now weighs 168.2 pounds...walks and can climb stairs without assist...enjoying pool games with Jonathan and is winning again.
And all of this with no further collapsing or shortness of breath!
We're soooooooooooooooooo happy...and feel he has turned a corner!
Back to Jamaica, tomorrow!