Valentine's Day at Strawberry Hill

Strawberry Hill is a resort on top of a mountain range outside Kingston. It is quite a beautiful place. It has a terrific view of Kingston and surrounding mountains.

Yesterday evening we traveled up there to listen to Tanice Morrison sing. The evening began with loading equipment (more than the car could really hold) into the back.

Then we drove up through Papine (really busy over there) and into the really curvy roads. The switchbacks are so bad I was almost puking sick by the time we reached Strawberry Hill. When we got to the top we saw a bush fire going on the top of the next mountain over.



The grounds and buildings are really beautiful. There is a clear sense of design that is really Jamaican.







The whole place was beautifully decorated and set up for romantic Valentine's Day dinner. The main setting was an outdoor gallery with a beautiful view of Kingston lights.





Tanice sang two one hour sets and was pretty tired at the end. We were freezing, too. At about a
three thousand feet in altitude the winds become very brisk and fairly cool.

The audience enjoyed her music, which was topically love songs. The managers stopped by to say that some of the house guests had commented on how much they enjoyed it. Maybe there will be a longer term relationship?

After we finished dinner we spent a little time in the bar. The place has a fireplace and it felt really good. Whatever they were burning had a very spicy smoke. E said it smelled like frankincense. Downstairs there is a shrine to Bob Marley with a large collection of gold and platinum records as well as pictures.

Then we headed home. The ride down was even worse. It was dark, the road was twisty, and we came very close to a part of the road washed out by the last hurricane. Everybody was pretty much exhausted.