Monday, July 20, 2015

Side yard at our new rental- note Torin in pic

We are here for our last 10 days of the trip. Nice, big place with a side yard and a pool, but no AC except in the bedrooms. I'm hoping we'll be able to stay cool enough.  The coqui frogs here are making an outrageous amount of evening noise, but it's is so cool. Nice to fall asleep to. Rincon is a really neat area.  It has a southern California-feel without the crowds. 

Sunday, July 19, 2015

West cost of Puerto Rico

Today we are touring around on the west coast of Puerto Rico. We are stopped at a little restaurant on the ocean eating fish empanadillas, tostones (fried plantains), and other yummy stuff. I'm going to post a photo of the gigantic tarpin that are hanging out waiting for a hand out.

Tuesday, July 14, 2015

Arecebo observatory

Today we went to the largest radio telescope in the world.  We also went driving in the mountainous interior of Puerto Rico which was beautiful. Great experience.

Sunday, July 12, 2015

Thursday, July 9, 2015

In Vieques

Ok. I am still figuring out how to use this blogging app, so I'm now writing the narrative that goes with the last pictures.

We are now in Vieques, which is a small island off of puerto Rico. We have been to San Juan and Fajardo, then we took a ferry to Vieques. We are staying in a guesthouse on the south side of Vieques (island is only about 5 miles across), in a little town called Esperanza. We are staying