Taking On The Memories

Yesterday Rich and I went to the beach for the afternoon.   We enjoyed a little snorkeling and a while lot of floating.   Just listening to the ocean is so relaxing.   We spent several hours just standing and floating and talking.   Talking about anything and everything and nothing.   While Rich was out snorkeling I could hear boys giggling.   I looked around and I could see Brent and Jared playing and giggling.   Specifically I could see and hear them playing at Trunk Bay St John.   When they were little my in-laws has taken a cruise and buried a "treasure" for the boys to find a month later when we took our cruise.   They were so excited they had a treasure to find.   Complete with map in hand they had to go five steps into the water and wait for fish to swim by. ..lol.  Believe it or not those boys found that buried treasure .... kind of.   It was a bottle with an IOU.  LOL  Talk about feeling jipped.   Well it didn't matter because everyone on that ship knew about that hunt and asked them about the treasure. Well I could see that whole experience again,  like it was real.
We came home and decided it was time to head over to the Deep End where Jared first started working on island. This was the first time there since I took prom pictures of Jared and his friends there.   So we saw people for the first time and got the OMG hugs and condolences.   It is comforting to get those. .. especially the hugs.   We had a couple if drinks and some chips and salsa before moving on to visit with friends on the Boardwalk.   After a while the we headed out to Pirates Tavern to visit with a friend who works there part time.   We had awesome food and good conversation.   But like earlier this was the first time out there since we stopped with Jared and Brent and our neighbor after a kayak trip one night to the bio bay.
I know Jared was with us yesterday by all the signs he gave me.   The image and sounds of the boys playing when they were little thay brought a smile to me.   The photo I took at Deep End to only see what was really there before posting on Facebook.   To memories at Pirates and the bird that flew over the Boardwalk at night.
The picture you see is from Deep End.   Jared's first job, with a Crucian Confusion a drink he suggested I try,  and at table 19 his jersey number at GHCDS.