On the 3rd we had our Riot season finale which was rock climbing at Waterfall Canyon Via Ferrata.
Rachel and I didn't think it was for us (too scaredy), so we just hiked around and took pics and videos.
The 4th, 5th & 6th I spent at the center doing computer work to fix an error with our other airline partners' reservations. It was fun to carpool and hang with friends.
June 7th, after some Krispy Kreme donuts, we tried to skip town, but didn't make our flight.
But the next day we did, and we headed for Puerto Rico!
By the 9th we were on Condado beach.
We got some fresh coconut water.
That night we finally got to eat our favorite chimichangas!
June 10th we toured Castillo San Cristobal fort in old San Juan.It was very interesting!
Tony looked thrilled waiting for Faith to get her picture taken, haha!
That evening we ate Puerto Rican fare at Raices. Christian had skirt steak mofongo, Faith had seafood paella,
Tony had fish tacos, and I had smothered chicken. Delicious!
On the 11th we rented a car and drove to Ceiba so we could take the ferry to Culebra island. When we arrived at the ferry terminal, we found that one of the ferries was broken and not running that day. They said we could wait another hour and catch a ferry into a different port, but one with no transportation to our hotel. We were nervous, but decided to try. When that ferry arrived, young people who were not scheduled on the earlier ferry pushed ahead of us in line and soon it was too full. We had to wait another hour and a half for the next ferry. At least that one went to the main port. We got a taxi to the place we were staying, which was more like a small condo, with incredible views.
We were thinking about renting a golf cart to get around, but after seeing some struggle on the steep hills, we gave in to our desires to rent the more expensive jeep!
We drove around, exploring the small island, and came to Playa Zoni beach which closes at sunset to protect the nesting sea turtles who arrive at night to lay their eggs.
That night we ate at the Dinghy Dock.
Faith was suffering from bad menstrual cramps which were also making her feel nauseated, so she unfortunately missed out and sat in the jeep while the rest of us ate this freaking awesome fish, fried whole.
After we were done eating, our waiter told Christian he should feed the remaining fish carcass to the fish who hang around the dock. At first we thought he was joking, but then we went and looked over the side. There were lots of large fish! (Bud is putting his foot in the picture for scale)
He threw in the bones and all the fish went crazy, like attacking piranhas!! It was super fun.
On the 12th we stopped by the cute little grocery store and bought some snacks. Buddy threw a few crumbs to some loose chickens. We saw chickens and cats EVERYWHERE.
Then we headed to Flamenco Beach, which we had heard was beautiful. We found it absolutely dreamy!
Christian tried climbing the palm trees and finally resorted to using a long branch to knock down a cocount.
We got in the perfectly clear, warm water and never wanted to leave it!
Sadly, we had to leave to catch the ferry back to the mainland that evening. Tony had quite an adventure returning the Jeep. He had dropped us off at the ferry terminal, but it took way too long driving the mile or two to the rental agency due to road work backing up traffic on the narrow streets. The shuttle driving him back to the terminal was yelling at the construction workers and zipping around trying to get him and another customer back in time! They just barely made it as the ferry finished loading people.
We explored the adorable cobble stone streets of Old San Juan
and decided to try some Puerto Rican Pizza :D
We made our flight on the 13th, and Faith was such a supportive sister, haha.
We had a layover in New York in the early morning. After a bit of a snooze,
we took some photos with Mama Ru (well, a cut-out of RuPaul. They had lots of fun things from Drag Race around JFK to celebrate pride month).
Here is a beautiful sunset back at home with our Skittle Bedittle on the 16th.
I don't remember which day we got it, but here is Bud on the 17th using our new, battery powered lawn mower we got using an old mower trade in program (similar to the snow blower one).
And then on one of our nightly walks.
More neighborhood gorgeousness on June 23rd
where just Tony and I walked and the kids took their bikes.
