03-21-2014, 10:16 AM
Hi everyone, first of all I would like to mention how great it is to read your posts and reports. I am mostly a lurker on this site but like I said enjoy coming on here and checking out what everyone has to say. My name is Greg, I live in west central Wisconsin and am semi retired from the building trades were I spent 35 years. Started traveling to JA. in 1979 with a bunch of friends during the winter months and have continued over the last 35 years. The stays have been shortened as the years have gone by,but my love for Negril has never deminished. Sure things have changed over the years and are not the same but were has it not. Tried travels to many other destinations but for me not even close to JA. so like the old saying goes, different strokes for different folkes.
Like many of you I could sit for hours on end and tell tales of the adventures that we embarked on while living up in the hills, sometimes not coming down for weeks at a time. For instance the time we had 16 people in a smaller glass bottom that sank about a mile out or the time we brought fishing poles and crank baits and trolled up the Negril River so far we could barely turn the boat around. This was complicated by the fact we came upon a very large growing operation and they were not very happy that one of the guys was taking pictures. Needless to say he lost a very expensive 35m. with zoom lense which was very high tech in 1980, but these tales and many others still stay with me and keep me coming back.[/size]
Like many of you I could sit for hours on end and tell tales of the adventures that we embarked on while living up in the hills, sometimes not coming down for weeks at a time. For instance the time we had 16 people in a smaller glass bottom that sank about a mile out or the time we brought fishing poles and crank baits and trolled up the Negril River so far we could barely turn the boat around. This was complicated by the fact we came upon a very large growing operation and they were not very happy that one of the guys was taking pictures. Needless to say he lost a very expensive 35m. with zoom lense which was very high tech in 1980, but these tales and many others still stay with me and keep me coming back.[/size]