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To celebrate our 39th
anniversary, Rickie fashioned another surprise get-away for us. This was the
3rd year she's done the surprise thing, and she really broke out of the box
from our previous trips to Pittsburgh and Detroit. I had no clue on where we
were going until getting to the airport. I did know that it would be warm
(80 to 85F), but that's about it. We flew into San Juan, Puerto Rico, rented
a car and traveled westward across the island to Rincon, an area noted for
excellent surfing (it's mentioned in the Beach Boys song "Surfing Safari").
Puerto Rico is approximately 100 miles long east to west and 32 miles wide
north to south, with 3.9 million people, making it one of the highest
population densities in the world. But most of the people are concentrated
around the coast while the mountainous interior is mostly undeveloped. We
spent 4 days at a beautiful beach resort close to Rincon. While I'm
definitely not a "beach person" we surely did enjoy the mild temperatures,
low humidity and gentle breezes, and beautiful scenery....a great companion
as we became acquainted with authentic Puerto Rican Pina Caladas. During the
days we ventured off to travel around the island and see the sights. Driving
was a real experience which the guide books described as "dangerous". You
can check out some short videos that I have posted on Youtube to get a
flavor of the rural driving conditions. We spent our last day in Old San
Juan where we visited El Morro the early fortress build by the Spanish
settlers in the early 1500's. After a beautiful 5 days, it was tough coming
back to face the rain and snow, as our winter in Ohio continued to linger
on. My only regret is that I didn't have the Miata for those wild roads! |
