After touring the caves, we kept driving west and our destination was the beach town of Rincon. Supposedly there is excellent diving and surfing on this part of the island, but we were there to do neither of those things.
First order of business was to get lunch+drinks, so we stopped at the first place we found that had waterside dining. The surf must have been unusually calm that day as the waves were tiny & the dark clouds overhead threatened to chase us under cover during lunch.
After lunch, we donned our swimsuits & walked around the corner to a public beach. The sand here was lovely & I always enjoy when there are trees adjacent to the shoreline to provide some shade.
We tossed down our towels & this was the last view I had before taking a quick nap. I
Honestly, Rincon wasn’t exactly what I expected. I know most of this was failure to plan & research on our part, and maybe we just missed the worthwhile things to see. The beach was beautiful, but not really worth driving across the island in my opinion.
This was a very quiet area, lots of families, ideal (at least on this day) for snorkeling. The water was a bit cold when you first took the plunge, but we quickly warmed up and I was having a blast chasing little fish all around.
The last two photos are just some of the randomness that we encountered on the many miles of roads we covered in Puerto Rico. This was a full boy scout troop hiking down a main highway, loaded up with all their gear, accompanied by a chase vehicle. Now, I think it’s great they are doing this, but middle of the road seems a bit dangerous for this activity.
There must be some type of community service day where everybody -repaints the roadways & curbs. For at least 5 miles, we saw hundreds of people out painting curbs & concrete median barriers yellow and green. The strange thing is that almost every single one of them was using a baby stroller to push around huge buckets of paint. So totally random…
It’s not too late to sign up for the photography workshop next Tuesday!
GOOD NEWS OF THE DAY: The ability to occasionally work from home is awesome.
Um, I’m jealous. I want to go there.
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