Buenos Diaz blog readers,
We are still in beautiful Puerto Real, P.R. Our boat is almost ready to be moved to Salinas, P.R. They will be painting the top tomorrow and we will put the windows in on Thursday or Friday. Hopefully leave here on Monday or Tuesday of next week. But you know sail boaters can’t have too many plans, they never work out and your plans change, so you just go with the flow and we will leave when all things are completed. My two brothers tell me, “You changed your plans again.” I just laugh and say yes we did.
Don and I were driving down the road and came up behind two bicycles, one bike with one person and the other bike with two people. Both people on the bikes were holding on to a horse’s tail while the horse trotted down the street. Of course, the horse had a person on his back, but the horse was pulling two bikes by his tail. It was so funny, we laughed our butts off.
Everybody needs to come to either the D.R. or P.R. at least once in their lives. It has been a real good experience for both of us. Not to mention it has made us laugh so much. We have laughed with the waitress, gas attendant, marina workers, hotel staff; you name it we have all laughed. Everyone has been so friendly to us and we really can’t say one thing bad about P.R. The people here get a big kick out of helping us with our Spanish. We have been making flash cards to help us. We already know over 1000 words. We are having trouble putting the words into sentences. We like trying to learn. It has been fun.
Earlier we were sitting at the marina watching the pelicans fly around and then dive into the water for the fish. I was laughing and asking Don why don’t they break their wings when they hit the water and he said Janis, I think they have it figured out. We are enjoying life, I can tell you that and we are enjoying being with each other. This retirement is wonderful!
The last time we were in San Juan I took these pictures of these parrots or cock-a-too or something. Don begged to get in the picture, but I held him back. You know what I mean when I say I hold him back.
Don’s hair is still bald, oh shoot, I mean blonde. He will kill me if he finds out I posted this picture. This is what he looks like sleeping. Lovely hair.
Today is Tuesday and we are going to Salinas again to work on the mast. We have to pass right thru Ponce. The drive isn’t bad at all and I do get to see the ocean as we travel. Ponce has everything you can possibly need---- Wal-Mart, Sam’s, Office Depot, Office Max, K-Mart, everything. They also have a great mall. Really what we have seen of Puerto Rico, you can get anything that the states have. Even the first town we were in had everything we needed-----ATT, K-Mart, Radio Shack, Wal-Mart and lots of good eating places. This was Mayaguez and they too have a great mall. Ponce, is called the Pearl of the South and the region’s largest city and is about an hour to San Juan. Leaving Ponce to travel to San Juan is a beautiful drive; the scenery is spectacular with beautiful mountain views. Of course San Juan has West Marine!!!!!!!
We got to Ponce just in time for lunch. We had chicken on a stick and yucca. Yucca is so good. Inside it has pork and I had to get two. Delicious! I know my sanitarian friends back home would have a fit about the things we have been trying here. Trucks on the side of the road are the very best of all. Sorry Jeff and Marshall. Maybe they won’t be reading this at all.
When we got to Salinas, Don dropped me off at the lodge and I started sorting clothes. Wash day is here already? I hate wash day.
If anyone wants to visit, there is pretty nice lodge here at Salinas where we stay, with a pool. You can stay with us, but it gets a little crowded. If you don’t mind up close and personal come on, we would love to have you. Wow there is so much to do in Puerto Rico. You could come and stay 2 weeks and not see everything you would like to. It isn’t that big, just a lot to do and see. You wouldn’t believe the parks they have here for all the kids. Amazing!!
I have mentioned that the oysters here are very small, no more the size of a clam. The lobsters are huge 3lbs and the little lobsters are called crawfish. They are small, but not as small as a crawfish or crawdead as I used to call them growing up.
We send our love,
Don and Janis (P2S)
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