Its Better the Second Time  

We have been back for two weeks and have gone through the whole Christmas craziness and I am still on a high from this trip to Hedo.  When people ask about our trip to Jamaica, I just have to say:  Oh my God, we had such a GREAT time.  It was like a cocktail party for seven days.  It was like summer camp where you get to be best friends for a week, then you dont see them for a year, then you see them the next year and it is as if you were never apart.  

Except that for us, it was a two year hiatus, which in my book, is much too long.  For one thing, we had to take a lot of shit for missing last year.  For another, it is too long to go without the fun, the high, the healing of Hedo.  And mostly, it is too long to go without seeing people that somehow you really care about.  

Everyone has lots of advice for virgins.  My advice is simple, after you go, go again.  The first trip was great.  The second was so much better.  We knew what to expect: from the place, from the people there and from each other.  We went with confidence and dove headlong into the fray as soon as our feet touched ground.  (Next year we might have to try a few things while still in the air).  And obviously the best part was that we already knew some people well, which made it even easier to get to know more people, and so on, and so on.  Each of them added to the wonderful experience this was.  

People often talk about traveling to Negril and I usually skip right over it, so fast forward to the next paragraph if you wish.  But this trip is worthy of mention only because it went like clockwork.  In spite of the warnings about long lines through airport security, we checked in and zipped through the line, to wait at the gate.  Air Jamaica treated us well and it is always fun to start the trip right with the 9 AM Red Stripe.  We went straight to TimAir, a minimal wait for the pilot to show up and a quick flight to buzz the Hedo beach.  We even got an excellent room, just like we requested, without a wait or getting lunch first.  It could not have gone better.  It was even fun because we got to meet up with Randy and Colleen, DC Hedo friends at the airport.  

Okay, lets get a couple of minor negatives out of the way.  The construction is still going on and is likely to for some time.  One must understand that this is Jamaica and work is done on a different schedule.  So if the resort reports that certain things will be done by a certain time, take it with a grain of salt and move on with a good attitude.  There was lots of construction going on:  water slide (only 2 feet too short and laid out to go right through a tree), splash pool, hot tub above the disco (with room for at least four good friends), many walkways, skating rink, Japanese restaurant.  The only real problem was it made for a longer walk from the nude side to the dining area, and walking in those high heals through the sand to get to the disco was not easy.  Janie had trouble with it too.  But the resort was apologetic and gave us all two free days on our next trip to make up for our trouble, so all was good.  The only other irritant was the apparent reduction in the number of staff in the dining room, making for slower service and maybe a poorer attitude among those who were working there.  Hopefully, Hedo fixes this.  

A highlight for us was getting certified for scuba.  We had planned to do that before we went, but it didnt work out, so we went ahead with the resort course again (which by the way is an excellent way to try scuba in a safe environment and get some good dives to 30-35 feet).  In the process we discovered it would be easier and cheaper to get certified there than it would be at home ($300 each), without being too intrusive on our other Hedo fun.  It did turn out to take more time than we expected and we did rush through the classroom stuff, so we might want to supplement it with a refresher course, but we did get our cards, we had some very good dives and we had a great time.  

The WWW group was great, and being part of a group can really add to the fun.  It is mainly a good way to meet more people.  And this is an excellent group, with many really fun and respectful people.  The group activities added to the fun:  the cat cruise, the hot tub get leied party and the Sunday night meet and greet.  And thanks to Mike and Beth for getting the hats for us, even though they werent there this time.  They were there in spirit.  Last trip we made little stories about hiding where we really went.  Now I wear my hat proudly and almost dare people to ask what Wet, Wild and Wicked is all about.   

The gathering of toys and gifts for the school kids, teachers and children of the Hedo staff was very impressive and hearing Diane tell of taking them to the school was truly moving.  It is a neat touch that this wild and crazy group who is off to the islands for a week of hedonism can pull together to make a bit of a difference.  

Let me just dissolve to some highlights, in no particular order:  

~Second place in the dance contest, losing to the obvious professional pairing of James & Leesa.  How can you mind losing to them.  In fact we got so hot from that display we all had to take a quick nude dip in the prude pool, much to the chagrin of some guy who was somehow upset when those nasty nudists made him take his clothes off when he went to the nude beach.

~Roxy-  You go girl.  Such enthusiasm, such fun, such a body.  She always had time to make us laugh and feel good.  The dance with Roxy and Marsha, even ending up on stage, was really a rush.  Dont tell anyone, but I think she kind of turned Janie on too.

~Games in the hot tub:  Actually playing dice, even though Zilla thought it was way too tame.  And car wash, with the double line of ladies doing a very nice hand rubbed polish on the guys who spun their way through the car wash.  I went three times and would have kept going all night if the ladies would have been willing.

~Mr. Jack Rabbit-  lets just say:  OH MY GODDDDD!

~Cat Cruise-  Thanks to Steve and Char for the jello shooters.  Jumping off of the cliffs (another rush) and the wild time those ladies were having being splashed around in the cargo net.

~PJ Night:  Judge Julie and her dog Licker, Edie and not one but two slaves taking first place, Phyllis looking unusually virginal.  They have to find a way to make those FMPs more comfortable.  I wanted to dance all night, but those shoes were keeping Janie in obvious pain (and this wasnt a good kind of pain).  I thought dancing in the crowded disco wearing practically nothing surrounded by a lot of gyrating people in all sorts of enticing outfits was one of the most erotic times at Hedo.

~Jim providing purple motherfuckers for everyone, including the jug delivered from the bar to the hot tub late at night.  Then having the security guard put him in charge of the hot tub.  It is good to be king.  It was good to be a Jim.

~Pastafaris-  two excellent dinners with excellent company.  It is always a treat there, without the distraction of the stage entertainment.

~Just enough PDA to keep it interesting, in spite of the obvious complete lack of sex police.

~Star watching on the point, only to be interrupted by giggles from a couple of chairs over.  We were sure Jim and Lisa went out there just so Patty, Rupe, Janie and I could come look for shooting stars with them.

~Trying in vain to one up Jim & Lisa in finding creative places to have sex.  We finally figured the only place we could do it that they hadnt was in their room.

~Magical Mystery Tour-  Thanks to Steve for organizing the foray into Negril.  A stop at Margaritaville to piss off the people there by swimming naked out to the trampoline and give new meaning to the Man Show idea of Girls bouncing on trampolines.  One phrase overheard from one of the uptight customers was, Were not going to go on that trampoline again until they clean it with Clorox.  Followed by the requisite shopping and a sunset stop at Ricks.  Very nicely done.  I dont know what happened on the way back.  After the stop at Jennies for brownies, everyone on the other bus lost their clothes. 

~Volleyball- Great fun everyday, with lots of good volunteers to clean sand off of any one who fell.  Of course there was the day we had to resort to stealing the ball from the prude court because Hedo didnt seem to have two balls, and the prude group thought they would come over and play us a game to see who would keep the ball.  Lead by Steve, we got a couple of naked folks on the prudes team and somehow managed to lose the game and make them go back to their side of the fence.  Of course we always needed Coach Linda to keep us playing right.

~Veronicas-  This was not my favorite spot the last trip, but we thoroughly enjoyed piano man Dave, singing along and Janie and I even sang with the microphone.  That is a real stretch for me. Thanks Doug, for the cues and harmony.  Of course the ever present chance that Dave might get a lovely lady to take it off piece by piece on top of the piano always makes it a fun place to be.

~Wet T shirt contest a clean sweep by the WWW ladies.   And what a fine job they did.  Sorry, Jean, no caramel sauce this time.  

And there were the people:

~TWayne and Thea- They did come up for air a couple of times.  It took most of the ladies of WWW to complete TWaynes dance card after Thea left..

~Rupe-  have towel will travel.

~Patty- How did we manage to miss those foot rubs.

~Joe & Kris-  Kris you somehow know how to always make Janie feel wanted.

~The Partymons-  Making sure we all had a good time.  Love the special treatment in the car wash.

~Dennis-  The ultimate in single guys going to Hedo and having fun.  With that tongue, you are sure to make some friends.  How is your eye?

~HedoBob, TWayne, Danimal.  The best group of single guys you could ask for.  (Well maybe TWayne wasnt really a single guy.

~Randy and Jean-  Just good folks

 from Texas, or Oklahoma, or was it Texas.  Jean was truly outstanding in the Wet Tshirt contest.

~Chris and Doug-  What a treat to know you, and not because you are a celebrity.  I couldnt have imagined the conversation turning to personal sexual experience in a hot tub within 5 minutes of meeting someone with anyone else but you Chris, and let me personally thank you for organizing the car wash.  Doug, what a great man with the tunes.  We will work on some words for the next trip.

~Chris & Elaine-  Congrats on the vow renewal.  And shoot Elaine, even I think hes sexy.  And quite the bold move right there by Roberts grille.

Bernie & Elaine- Where is that piss bucket.  It is good to be King.

~Jim & Lisa- Somehow, we must find a way to get to the Northern Rockies.

~Diane- What a doll.  You make it so much more fun for everyone and special for the kids at the school.  You can put a tattoo on me anytime.

~Denny-  What can we say.  Thanks so much for your tireless effort to keep up the website and make sure everyone has a good time.  We wouldnt have found this wonderful place and these wonderful people without you.  

Regrets- Again, its about the people.  There were so many neat people on the message boards the chat room or just on the list, that we wanted to get to know, and somehow the week slipped away and we didnt happen to meet some of them.  And somehow in the heat of it all, we talk to everyone, but hardly get to know anyone.  You can spend a week with someone at Hedo and not know what they do, if they have kids and the other regular parts of their life.  Of course, you might find out which sex toys they like the best.  Maybe that is part of the fun of Hedo, but there are definitely some people there (and you know who you are), that we would like to really get to know.  I guess we will just have to do some traveling this year, or, heaven forbid, go back to Hedo again next year (What was that song about Wild Horses).  

Our biggest Naked Body Hugs and all of our Hedo Respect to the Hedo staff and the people we met there who made this such a fantastic week for us.  

Janie & Jim