Virtual Jamaica: Beach Day

 

Today we explore 7 Mile Beach...

And all it has to offer!

 

Whether it is sun and surf....or local art beneath the Sea Grapes.

 Seven Mile Beach

https://youtu.be/DyYTBh1RBvo?si=rQyaNyJct1BxjM5B

Live Webcam

https://www.youtube.com/live/PsRa6WGjbBo?si=ryA4-sYf0Tn9pUvA

Rick's Cafe Live Cam

https://www.youtube.com/live/LKymCnp4qf0?si=uuX9d7IWGeUfnQbb

 

Also Horseback Riding

 

https://youtu.be/HkUoETBgf24?si=tUgeRY8eNAAuEf4y

https://youtube.com/shorts/e5P5HIkQnSg?si=sAYAKNpP48INhtUO

 

and Snorkeling

 

https://youtube.com/shorts/X_uWLkjw1hg?si=D1aw92IDvYqhiT0i

https://youtube.com/shorts/XXb0aXYX48o?si=KHK5FYm4hN_cJZKm

https://youtube.com/shorts/TcKfgPisMBA?si=IbB72EtHRenPN9H_

Catamarans and Glass Bottom Boat Tours are also available!

 

Everything for fun in the sun!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Next Time: Wabbas Weed Adventures

 

Virtual Jamaica: Westmoreland Parish and Westender Inn Seaside

  

Home Sweet Home...

At least for the next couple of weeks.

 

Westmoreland Parish offers a lot and we're going to spend some quality time here!

 

 The Inn is...extravagant...several pools...beach-side...several restaurants and bars.

Complete relaxation and close to everything we want to see/do.

Tour of the Inn

https://youtu.be/lBmilLAy080?si=-dYfhPic5bgZr3Gt

I'm thinking The Almond Suite!

See everyone tomorrow! 

 

Last Week...Sisters Day...Catching Up...Bearapalooza...Jimothy...and More

The heat has finally broken!

Dropping down to a much more manageable 75-85 degrees...and maybe even some rain tonight.

The pink morning glories are blooming again.

The hummingbirds are thrilled!

Caught up with my boys this weekend.

Chris with big plans for the coming year...and Lachlan who is increasing his vocabulary and even using some ASL, now.

Lennon who has also survived the heat...and only got a backwash of rain from Bertha.

James, whose new album dropped on Friday...and is actively recruiting a sax player into the band.

Spent Saturday's Sister Day with Tina...chat and pizza and a whole pan of brownies!

I've been pretty useless today. Recovering. Finished some laundry...fixed some food...and not a lot else.

The bears have exploded this year and I've lost count of new cubs.  They're everywhere!

Four sets of triplets!!!

Many twins and singles...and a single white cub.

An amazing amount of salmon and bears...very little fighting...Bucky #164 has stepped into the Alpha Position 💗

And running rampant in Seattle...

Jimothy!

Soon to be available in a plushie.

The little raccoon that is short on body...but huge on personality!

Back to exploring Jamaica tomorrow...

  

  

 The most Florida Man story ever!

Virtual Jamaica: The Zoo

 We are spending the last day in St. Elizabeth Parish at the local zoo.

Started by the son of a veterinarian it is still tiny (...think those roadside attraction zoos of the 1960s and 70's...) but slowly expanding...every time they have enough money to obtain a new animal.

Zoo Tour

https://youtu.be/IGOdg0TOvsI?si=lN9yjY_nK5QcUVGb

Their centerpiece is several lions...one, of which, recently ate a handler's finger while he was teasing him...live...on camera...the man lost his finger and his job.

They have an interactive show, and a petting area with horses, a cow, goats, a donkey you can ride.

 

The show has pythons, young crocodiles, parrots and more...and is informative and fun.

 There are also monkeys, zebra, llamas, crocodiles, peacocks, a camel and the lions.

 

All in all...a nice way to end a great parish!

Found this yesterday at Jake's.

Which is patois for "Hello'!

Next week, we'll head to Westmoreland.
 

 

 

Virtual Jamaica: Lover's Leap and The Lighthouse

 

The view from Lover's Leap...

Looking down, I have to admit I have been in love several times in my life...and I am sure this is a level of commitment I do not (nor have ever) possessed.

Love story or tourist attraction tale?

 A bronze statue nearby depicts the slave couple...destine to be separated...as the story goes...they decide to plunge off the steep cliff to the sea and rocks below to their deaths.

Lover's Leap

https://youtu.be/1KSR3_qHjpY?si=YHDHoXNKxOel1LPA

 

https://youtu.be/PxOWTCCoAXE?si=Y9DAh2eX0rrGL3f4 

     

Whether real or made for tourism...a small industry has formed around the story...including photography at the point...a restaurant...and the lighthouse, standing over 100 feet tall.

 

 

and inside the restaurant...

Just a short trek today and I'm heading back to Jake's to poke through a few more of the endless shops before the storm comes!

Until next time... 

Month 21...Weekend at Mitch's

 ...and he's still MIA.

So...there is that.

And we are on week 21 of Trump Watch.

This month we have seen:

...gas and grocery prices rise, again...17 servicemen now dead from the war...okay it isn't a war...okay...it is a war...declaring a ceasefire to the ceasefire...Schrodinger's Senator...is he alive...is he dead...no one knows...the death of Lindsey Graham (and his ladybugs)...the draining of the reflection pool...again...no gash...just shoddy application...

and it goes on...and on.

At this point I think we all are chanting the mantra

"It's all temporary."

and seriously, as long as Mitch (...who I believe is dead...) doesn't vote...I don't care if they ever find him.

Only 30 months to go...

 

 

This Week...Bear Adventures...Jimothy

 Eating good in the neighborhood...

The salmon run is picking up...and so are the bears!

Almost every-bear is back.  So many that I don't know...and many of the usual suspects...Grazer, Gully, Chunk, Scuba Steve, Bucky,  Bean and Bead, Backpack, Wayne's Brother, 151 Walker, Studious and Social, Holly, Jolly and her Jolly Beans, 132 and her triplets, Electra and her twins, 806 and 806 jr and Biggie.

Conspicuous in their absence: 856 and 747...but they may show up later.

And cubs.

We are positively inundated with cubs this year.

I've counted 25 already!

We lost one to the river...but the rest are doing fine!

Gully is sporting a heart shaped scar on his foreleg that looks like it needs the word "Mom" tattooed over it.

Bucky is still the sheriff, for now...but there are many of the male sub-adults who are coming into their own.

Walker had a run-in with some-bear and has scars, now.

And Scuba Steve (...admittedly obnoxious with his belly-flop fishing technique and no sense of personal space...) has now been scarred up and bit in the butt pretty badly.

...he has not recognized the correlation and continues to flop...

The BEST news of the week....is JOHN!!!

Hitting all PT/OT goals they will soon discharge him to aftercare...and he is now 175 pounds...eating really well...driving short distances...and even having a Euchre Game today!!!!

...still completely cancer-free... 

Making arrangement for The State Fair in August with Eric and Melissa!

And planning our own get together, soon!

Life is slowly getting back to normal.

Except for Jimothy.
  

The Seattle Racoon who has short spine syndrome and looks a bit like a child's drawing come-to-life.

The neighborhood loves him...he seems to be doing fine, not in pain, thriving...and just so Seattle.

Wishing Everyone a Wonderful Weekend!

Love,

Carla  

 

Stay Safe...Eat A Doughnut!