PROLOGUE
(This trip report is being written by Jeanie Ed denies all responsibility)
All
of us who have made the journey to this never-never-land called Hedo know how
difficult, if not impossible it is to explain to someone else what its
like. A few months before we left on our trip, my mother, who knows that
its clothing optional but little else, asked, What do you do all day,
play cards? Well, Mom, not exactly. Well, then what?
The best I could do (without going into a lot of detail) was to tell her that
we basically stand around the pool and drink and act like a bunch of
12-year-old idiots all week, sort of like summer camp for adults. (I did
mention that I left out a few details, didnt I??)
SOME (BUT NOT ALL) OF THE DETAILS
(Subtitled:
Things you simply DONT tell your mother)
Our
week of wickedness and corruption began as soon as we got to the airport in
Atlanta. A group of 200+ youth missionaries was headed to Kingston via
the same flight to Mo Bay that we were on, along with Chuck and Di, John and
Cheryl, Jerry and Wendy, and Mark and Clista, whom we met up with before the
flight. I think the airline must have heard about us, because they stuck
us in the very back row, along with Mark and Clista, with Jerry and Wendy just
one row ahead of us. I think they wanted minimal influence from us on
these young idealists if at all possible. I have a feeling some of those
kids had some tales to tell after being around us for a couple of hours.
From
what we could tell both from the message boards and from the emails we got
ahead of time, this years group seemed ready to break free and party
hearty! Seems everyone had been
under a lot of stress of some type and was there to really cut loose
including us! Im told I may
have even overdone it a little our first day.
Parts are a little fuzzy (parts are downright clouded over), and there
are a few parts Id just as soon NOT remember!
I do seem to recall SOME DRUNK PERSON spilling the whole box of beads
that we had brought to make name necklaces for everyone.
Cant quite remember who that person was (Im SURE it wasnt me),
but I do appreciate the work by all who put them back in alpha order
(especially since I was incapable of it).
I also want to thank Wendy, who picked meI mean, that drunk person,
up off her ass, and Edie, who went to all the trouble of floating me around
the pool, but who kept me for herself (or so Im told!).
Unfortunately,
the price to be paid for having SUCH a good time on Saturday was missing half
a day on Sunday, but its amazing what a few hummingbirds and a grilled
cheese from Roberts can do to make a girl rally to the cause.
By
Monday, Ed and my body had forgiven my excesses, and we were both READY TO
ROLL! The biggest problem we had
was that you cant be everywhere at once, and youre bound to miss
something good. Usually, the pool
is the place to be (POOL PEOPLE RULE!), but sometimes Beth and a few of her
army would sneak away and pull some perverted prank, and somehow we usually
ended up missing those Beth, call me first next time!!
Then those nights when wed either call it an early night or head to
the hot tub after dinner, darned if Chris wouldnt be wearing Shellis FMPs,
or some other sort of mischief would be going on at Veronicas.
We just didnt seem to be able to hit it right most of the time.
Of course, I did get in on Ninas leg shaving, and we were at
Veronicas for the 5 Beths from New Jersey (poor Dave he was SOOO
confused!)
The
catamaran cruise on Wednesday was awesome, even though a number of people got
stung by jellyfish. Mike (of Mike
and Sherri) found out what works on that pain, having been stung in a very
sensitive area we have great pictures of Sherri pouring rum punch over his
nether region. And Beth, had you
done that pole dance before? You
look like a pro, girl! Miss Idahos
got nothing on you! Denny, you
were a brave man down there on the deck with the four of us (Beth, Sherri,
Jessica, and I) balancing above
you. You DID know wed been
drinking, didnt you?? I cant
remember who else besides Beth and I got the foot massage, but Im
personally planning on adopting that guy OH MY!!
Its
been said before, but it cant be said too many times, that NOBODY can outdo
WWW when it comes to the Wet T-shirt contest and the MIM.
Our folks are hands-down, THE BEST!
I dont know if anyone noticed that I made sure to get a place at the
beginning of the MIM strut-down, so I usually got to
help strip the guys what a bunch of hunks!
And we all know that Miss I-da-hos win didnt really count.
Theres
no shortage of talent in our group either.
Id love to have a recording of Jerrys (that would be Wendys
Jerry) version of I Like My
Women Just a Little On the Trashy Side.
(Im serious, Jerry!) That
was the show-stopper on Thursday night, for sure, although at the time, we
couldnt tell from a distance which Jerry from California it was on
stage!
Of
course, one of my very favorite memories is of my wonderful girls my
sluts-in-training! Melissa,
Cheryl, Di, Sherri, Terri Im SO proud!
To think that you all started off as Hedo-virgins, and now no one would
believe it! You really came a
long way in one short week. Cheryl,
Di, and Sherri, you and your respective spouses even got yourselves tossed out
of the dining room for extreme body painting Im impressed!
(And again, where were Ed and I??)
But just think, if you practice hard, how much you can accomplish
between now and next year! Im
so excited just thinking about it!
Thanks
to all the people who made necklaces from the beads that we brought.
(As aside here next year we might as well make up about 2 dozen
necklaces in advance with the name Mike, since that was the name of just
about every other guy there!) It
was truly fun for us to see everyone else having fun making up names and
nicknames, and it also helped us meet, remember, and get to know a lot of you
that we might not have otherwise. And
thats what its mainly about. It
certainly isnt about the facilities - and we did our share of griping about
that while we were there. For those of you within earshot, I/we apologize
ITS STILL ABOUT THE PEOPLE, AND WE LOVE YOU ALL!!
Were so grateful for the new friends we made:
Chris and Shelli, John and Judy (John, I enjoyed giving you your
birthday present!), Randy and Terri, Jerry and Wendy (love ya!), Bob and
Lana (our fellow North Carolinians), Rebecca, Irish and Pink, Chuck and Di,
John and Cheryl, Carla (yes, they ARE sweet), Steve, Bruce and Courtney
(the newlyweds), Jerry and Edie, Melissa (who likes the wrong baseball team,
but thats okay), Mierin, Mike and Sherri, Steve and Pam (totally fun!!),
Mike and Carol (not with WWW, but we love you anyway!).
And to the friends we were able to see again, it was a total pleasure:
Skip and Kathy, Mark and Clista (enjoyed the flight!), Mike and Beth
(you guys are the best), Dave and Nina, Ron and Laura (you two were WAY too
quiet!), Ro and Beth (Ro, your piercings are always a hit, and Beth, youre
such a good sport to loan him out for show-and-tell), Bob and Anni, Tom and
Barb (love the sandals), Les and Theresa, Mike and Linda (Linda, you are
truly a sex goddess), Lance and Jessica, and of course, Denny and Diane.
There were some of you that we didnt get to meet this trip and some
that we met but didnt get to spend much time with; we hope to remedy that
next summer. To those of you who
brought beads to contribute, thanks. To Denny, for maintaining this time-consuming website, many
thanks. To Beth and Mike, for the
hats, wet-T-shirts, and all the toys/food/etc. to share, thanks.
I know Im forgetting somebody and/or something, but please
understand that Ive killed a lot of brain cells!
Oh
yes, one more thinga special thanks to Jerry (Edies Jerry) for the
last-minute head-rub!