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More Fun with Family: Gozalandia and Beyond

Summer and Brandom’s stay was pretty short, so we tried to pack in all the stops we could. It’s hard when people come to visit because they are in vacation mode and we are not used to partying every night. Every other, maybe… (haha). But we had a lot of fun even if we are now completely exhausted!

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Summer and Brandon at Gozalandia

We often go to Gozalandia with guests because it is just simply spectacular and close. This was probably our favorite trip because it was hot out and though there were more people, it was a Wednesday so it wasn’t too crowded. We each swung from the rope swing a few times and even jumped from the skull face. It was a great time.

Summer jump
Summer swinging from the rope

Group waterfall
Group pic!

Cassie climbing out of water
So much fun climbing, jumping and swimming!

 


Me swinging off the rope

Summer wanted to go to Villa Cofresí in Rincón again to share with Brandon the famed pirata drink out of a coconut and watch the sunset before heading over to the Art Walk.

Summer and Brandon
Something so fun about drinking out of a fruit!

Britton and Cassie
Sunset from Villa Cofresí

During the day I caught them a little iguana to hold. The darn thing kept snapping at me and trying to eat my diamond! But at least I haven’t lost my iguana catching skills!

Cassie lizard catcher
Cassie the Iguana-catcher extraordinaire!

On their final night here we went out with our friend Patrik in his nice Mercedes. Hanging out with Patrik is like being in real-life Grand Theft Auto. He is Swedish and very loud and intense, but a great guy. It was a lot of fun.

GTA night
Brandon, BK and Patrik

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Brandon, Summer and BK

Bill Jenn Cassie
And it’s always a silly good time with the Kersches

They even got to see the Rincón Lighthouse, but of course! Overall, I think Brandon got a good dose of the Rincón/west coast vibe.

Summer and Brandon lighthouse
Summer and Brandon at the Rincón Faro

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Summer and Brandom Fun

Summer and Brandom visit
First time at the beach in PR for Brandom!

We’ve been having fun with our niece Summer and her boyfriend. We were at Pollo Tropical and they asked his name for the order. He said “Brandon” but they couldn’t understand him and put “Brandom” instead. So that is his new name and I am sure everything has been very Random for Brandom seeing as this is his first time to Puerto Rico!

Ride in the truck
The mustang is still out of commission so we had to pick them up in the truck!

Summer Brandom us
Fun in Ponce at the famous Parque de Bombas

We’ve shown them around Rincón a little and took a trip to Ponce because Summer enjoyed it the last time she was here visiting us. Today we are off on more adventures with them, so stay tuned!

Ponce church
Beautiful Church in Ponce

Pinchos parque
Pinchos and Piraguas

Britton mask
Checking out the tourist shops

Cassie lion flags ponce
Lions, but of course

Britton pincho fountain
Enjoying his pincho

Cassie summer serralles
Summer and me in front of the Castillo Serralles

Cruz above
The cross was closed but we still wandered around the area

Hop fence
And jumped the fence to see the Japanese gardens

Cross overlookIt’s a really cool view up top

Cassie japanese
At the Japanese gardens

Koi fish Lily pads
They even had koi, water lilies and a pagoda!

Hector La Voe and Summer Cassie
Then we went down to La Guancha for a bit and hung with our friend Hector La Voe

Cassie eyes edit
We SAW it all

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Random Update: July 2017

Once again it is time for the slices of life that don’t necessarily deserve a post of their own but have been fun and/or interesting.

We recently went to a beautiful celebration of life at a boutique resort in Añasco called Yukayeke. It was very touching.

Sunset
Amazing sunset

Beach Memorial
Gathering of friends

Yukayeke pool Playing music at Yukayeke
And a pool party

Crab cage
It’s still crab (Juey) season here and a few people are out on the street offering them for sale

Abandoned
I love to stop and see the abandoned buildings and the fantastic graffiti art

Cassie mural

Doorway

Flamingo
Even a flamingo!

Closet
We finally hung the closet pole and shelf!!

The cars on this island are almost as fun to watch as the people! So many questions…

One car
From this… a custom car that could never clear most of the potholes here

Two car
To this…a makeshift moving van?

Car balneario
To this…an abandoned and stripped out car. Why are there so many jugs of water?

Harvest
Back at the farm, we’ve had quite the abundance of food and beauty!

Breadfruit
Breadfruit – Pana in Spanish is also an expression here that means pal or friend

Peace Lily
Peace Lily is blooming

Limes
Our first limes from a tree we planted!

Bridge
The cabin side of the property is filling in nicely with plants and the afternoon rains cause the quebrada to flow beneath the bridge

Ms Puerto Rico
The clothing selection in some stores is pretty fun -I had to try this one on: Ms Puerto Rico!

Broken Piraguas
Even the piragua cart breaks down sometimes!

Cassie and Britton
And the beach is always awaiting us

 

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Puerto Hermina and El Puente La Bellaca Quebradillas

Top of the world

For my birthday this year we took a day trip up to the northern coastal area of Quebradillas. I had heard about a cool area called Puerto Hermina and wanted to check it out.

Puerto Hermina
Puerto Hermina, Quebradillas PR

Cofresi cave
Old pirate lair ruins

There was a lot to explore at Puerto Hermina including one of Pirate Cofresí’s old lairs, various trails, beaches and even caves!

Atop arch other Atop the arch

Britton framed Cassie window
Great photo ops!

I explored a lot of the area and even found a cool carved Indian face in the stone hills though I have no idea how long it has been there.

Face close
That’s what you call stone faced 😉

Cave
This was the entrance to one of the bigger caves

Fishermen
A nice little fishing spot

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Enjoying the sights and sites of Puerto Hermina

CK BK Cofresi Hermina
Selfie time!

We stopped and checked out a few other spots in Quebradillas like the Guajataca River and I could even spot the tunnel in the distance. It was a pretty windy day though down by the beach so we didn’t stay too long!

Cassie crazy hair
Crazy wind-blown hair at the beach in Quebradillas!

Rio guajataca
Rio Guajataca has a nice little campground area -not sure if it’s only for day or nights as well

Beach
Beautiful beach scenes as usual in Puerto Rico

Beach 2 Tunnel
Beaches, river and tunnel in the distance

Our next stop was the Puente La Bellaca which is just down the same road as Puerto Hermina. This bridge has a very funny name in Puerto Rican Spanish. Bellac@ can mean crooked or a scoundrel, but in Puerto Rico more often than not it is a sexual term that means “horny.” In this case a horny woman. I have no idea why this bridge is named that, but that’s what it is!

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Entrance to El Puente La Bellaca

It’s a nice little walk on a paved sidewalk through the jungle to this bridge that spans about 100 feet and is about 100 feet in the air above the treetops with a view to the sea. Unlike the sugar mill pier, though, at least there are grates to walk on and it appears to be pretty well-maintained because it is a currently in-use sewer pipeline.

Bellaca Bridge Puente
One side of the bridge

BW Bridge
Another cool photo spot

After our outing we were ready for a couple drinks and a nice meal. Overall, it was a fun excursion and I would recommend checking out Quebradillas!

Cassie barfly
Chinchorro para la cumpleañera

Here’s a short video I made of our day:

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