Faro Punta Tuna

After a stop at Pepe's for chocolate covered donuts, we hit the road south to Maunabo.
A beautiful, though scary for Momma, ride through the mountains and we were there!
After a stop at a playground and a kiosko for some snacks, we made it to the light house and the views!


In true Puerto Rican style, there were chickens and roosters on the loose everywhere - even at the light house!
Fun times with family!

We took another trip to the lighthouse when Gram, Pappy, Allison and Jason were here and Daddy got us a coco fria on the way! MMMMM....fresh coconut milk!
The view of the lighthouse from the beach.

Why does Momma think it's so fun to take pictures of us when we're so tired!!?

Luquillo Beach

We spent a fun day at Luquillo beach. We even took a spin on a kayak. Daddy decided that we could stay out longer if I learned how to paddle. I worked my hardest, but he still made us hit the sand earlier than I wanted to!

Isle de Culebra

We went to Culebra twice during the past month. A vacation from our vacation you could say! It's a beautiful island with really great beaches.
The ferry ride over was a little less than desirable the first time. Seas were really rough and Momma and I both got sick. Not a great way to start our day, but at least we were in paradise when we were back on land!

I did a little yoga on Flamenco Beach.
I love the beach this much!
I love my brother too!
I've lost my legs!
Our family in paradise!
Meekin and I are a good sand building/throwing/digging team!
Meekin has been working on becoming quite a ham - every time the camera comes out, he says, 'CHEESE!!!'

Daddy very patiently helped me snorkel with equipment that was too big! We must find a snorkel and mask that's my size!
Meeks woke up at the crack of dawn pretty much every day, so Daddy took him outside to the canal to keep him from waking me up on one of my rare mornings sleeping in a little bit.
Our fancy 6 person ride while we were staying at Posada la Hamaca. We could have had a Jeep, but this was so much nicer - natural air conditioning and all!
The view from 1 acre lot for sale (for a mere $450,000!).
Gram, Pappy and Meekin waiting for the ferry to go back to the mainland.
An attempt at a family photo on the return ferry. Unfortunately, Meekin was very cranky and uncooperative so I decided to blow bubbles!

To Cayo Santiago on La Paseadora

Captain Frank took us to Cayo Santiago, a.k.a. Monkey Island for an awesome day of swimming, snorkeling and monkey watching! He is a military veteran, a merchant marine and a very patriotic Puerto Rican who's passionate about nature. He was a wealth of information - and dancing lessons! Meekin started out the day not very happy, but he finally took a little snooze and then decided that all was well!
Captain Frank blew the conch shell to signal that we were underway and then he let me do it too!
While sharing information about and photos of the monkeys, Captain Frank commented on how much Momma and Meekin looked like them!
Monkeys, Monkeys, Everywhere!!!



Lots of starfish hanging out in the sea grass. We didn't see any, but there are sometimes manitee families hanging out in the grass.
We even got to check out a 4 pointed starfish!
The grown ups took turns modeling with the treasures we found (that were thrown back).



It was all fun and games until Gram wanted to eat a starfish! (note to PETA: she didn't actually eat it!)
Meekin and I took turns too, but once again, Momma had a hard time getting us both to smile at the same time!

When everyone was done snorkeling around a wreck, we got back on the boat, but Captain Frank had one more surprise for us...an ocotpus!!



After the octopus was put safely back in his little underwater home, it was time for lunch and our Puerto Rican rock band practice!

Daddy and Jason sure missed out - they went scuba diving instead. We had such a great day!

Reserva Natural de Humacao

We went for a little hike at a local nature reserve that was formerly used by the US Military. We saw lots of lizards and made our way to the ocean for a little dip too.