We took a day trip up to Patillas to visit our friends Richard and Mary Jane.
Pineapple fields on the drive
It was quite a drive from Rincón to Patillas, but so beautiful to watch the landscapes change. Once we go around the southwestern corner to the Caribbean side, the waters turn majestically turquoise blue, the plant life is much different and drier and it seems to be quite a bit windier than what we experience at our place.
Lake Patillas
We drove past large Lake Patillas and into his finca. It is very private and secluded up a long steep road.
Long private road
When we arrived the party was in full swing. People were eating fish soup and drinking beer in anticipation of the main event: lechón, but of course!
Roasting up the pig on a spit
Enjoying one of Puerto Rico’s pasttimes: dominoes!
We enjoyed our time and even saw our east coast friends Fran and Steve!
Group photo: Steve, Parrot, Fran, BK, me, and our gracious hosts Mary Jane and Rick
But the biggest hit of all was when someone showed up to the party with parrots. Even Richard didn’t know who this person was, but it was pretty cool to see and hold his birds. One of them caused a kerfuffle when he would crawl onto our shoulders, get tangled in our hair and then scream into our ears. So funny.
A hit with kids and adults alike! Green Amazon parrot
As I took this photo a little girl told me in Spanish: “¡Es como un paraíso!” I couldn’t agree more
Such cool creatures! Blue and gold macaw (like in Rio said another girl)
¡Hola!
It was a beautiful day. Richard said it had been raining hard every day prior so we really lucked out with a sunny warm afternoon party. We are so grateful for these magical moments in paradise.
They are so gorgeous! That is quite a drive from Rincon. I love the southwest coast and Guanica dry forest is great. I’ve never been to Patilla but it looks beautiful!
Yah it was a long drive. So long in fact that the landscape changes once again to lush and tropical by the time we reached Patillas!
I’m glad you two could make it to our finca we enjoyed your company along with Fran & Steve,I hope next time you can stay longer so we can show you some interesting sights in our area.
Thanks again I know it’s a long drive.
Rick
Now that we’ve made the trek it will be a lot easier for us to do it again. I think I can cut the drive time down a lot. We wanted to drive thru the towns on the old hiway which was fun. We can take the tolls and zip right thru next time!
Thanks for inviting us!