Puerto Rico 69!

 After a one-year hiatus, we spent my birthday week in Puerto Rico again. This time we had Zak's family with us.

Eleni had so much fun she stayed behind when the rest of us went home, though she did say she did return on the 18th.

We did the west coast, specifically Rincón. Rincón is famous for surfing,

which we don't do. There are more food trucks per square mile than anywhere I have seen. And just as many restaurants. That was good, because we do like to eat on vacation. 

Most beaches have rocks just in from the shore. These would not be such as obstacle if the waves were not so violent.

There was a beach just a half-hour walk 

John is ready to walk to the beach

away that was very sandy and calm, so we tried it. Definitely more like the other places we have visited in PR. Everyone else drove 5 minutes in the car to get there.

We rented a townhouse "Steps from the Beach." It was about 120 from the driveway to the sand and only a few more to reach water. There was plenty of shade, which was nice. If you braved the waves and got out far enough with snorkel stuff, there were plenty of fishies to watch. No pix of fish.

For my birthday, I visited the town plaza:

Sat with my granddaughters:

And I was serenaded (happily not "Happy Birthday") at a brewery that also had some of the best food of the trip, and certainly the most percussion:

Puerto Rico is very supportive of wall art:

Zach & Kaitlyn spent an entire beach visit with goggles on collecting shells and other interesting stuff from the ocean floor. Zak also found a "message in a bottle" that turned out to be a list of names.

We finally remembered to catch the sunset on the last evening.

And yes, we saw some big iguanas: