"YOR-VIT," "YOR-VIT," "YOR-VIT..." This is what we heard throughout the night last night. The evening birds of Puerto Rico called out, what I believe, to be the name of our Texas Ranger's catcher, Yorvit Torrealba. You can only hear them in the evenings , which I thought was pretty interesting. I kept hearing myself say to the birds, he's back in Texas, not stop making all that noise....
We woke up this morning to bright blue skies! I was a bit nervous about the weather today because of the dark clouds we saw last night and the amount of rain we were getting throughout the evening. The first thing we did was head to the local grocery store to buy some groceries and snacks for the week. We didn't think about the fact that it was a Sunday so when we arrived at the grocery store, we saw that they did not open until 11:00. We decided to go back to the house and just hang out until the stores opened.
We woke up this morning to bright blue skies! I was a bit nervous about the weather today because of the dark clouds we saw last night and the amount of rain we were getting throughout the evening. The first thing we did was head to the local grocery store to buy some groceries and snacks for the week. We didn't think about the fact that it was a Sunday so when we arrived at the grocery store, we saw that they did not open until 11:00. We decided to go back to the house and just hang out until the stores opened.
The first thing Mike did when we got back to the house was go to the backyard to see the coconut tree. He wanted to see if he could actually get one down and open it up. He found a large machete in the backyard and stepped onto a bucket so he could reach the coconuts. He was able to get one down and spent the next 15 minutes cutting/tearing it apart to get to the center. It was very difficult to get through the layers and layers of fibers that protected the coconut itself. As you can see from the pictures, he had to work off numerous layers of that stuff before he was able to get to the coconut. When he finally got there, he was able to get a crack in the coconut and drink the coconut milk. I tasted it and it didn't taste like anything to me except water.
When it was 11:00, we headed back to the grocery store. There were two different grocery stores in town and it was amazing the lines that had already formed outside both stores. It was obvious that many people were ready to do their Sunday grocery shopping. We got some steak and chicken to grill the rest of the week, some drinks and we were headed back home shortly afterwards.
Next on our day's agenda was the beach. We packed our bags and headed for Aguada Beach. We only had to drive 5 minutes to Playa Pico de Piedra. The beach was packed full of locals. I was surprised that there were so many people on the beach. We could also see in the distance that the clouds were about to bring in some storms. We hung out as long as we could before we saw lightning and decided to seek some shelter. We sat in the car for about 30 minutes hoping the storm would pass but the sky never seemed to clear so we decided to head back home and play some card games.
After beating Mike in a game of Phase 10, we headed out to the town of Rincon. It was about 6-7 miles from the house. We ate at a restaurant called Harbor Restaurant. They had awesome pina coladas!!! We had fried calamari for appetizers and then waited for our main course. Mike ordered scallops in garlic sauce and I ordered linguine with shrimp. We watched a band set up outside the restaurant as we waited for our meal. When the waitress arrived with our food, she mentioned that because we had waited so long, she would not charge us for the appetizer. Not only did she comp our appetizer, she did not charge us for our 2nd yummy pina coladas and she took 1/2 off our first pina coladas. Again, I had plenty of food to take home for leftovers.
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