Today turned out to be a rather adventurous day...We started off the day with a good breakfast before we decided to head out to a rainforest, El Bosque Estatal de Maricao.
(Mike's Blog notes: - We drove south for about an hour to the town of Mayaguez where we were looking for the Ruta Panaramico. This was a route on our map that was described as a "tourist drive." We started the drive up the moutain that twisted back and forth and dropped into hills and valleys. We ascended for what felt like an hour, steadily climbing. The further from Mayaguez that we progressed, the fewer people we saw...until we were alone on the mountain. The roads consisted of blind curves, blind hills, and extremely narrow rights of way. I've never been more scared driving anywhere. We refueled in the town of Maracao, the center of coffee production in Puerto Rico and quickly found a way off the mountain, which took another hour of harrowing driving experiences. When we reached the bottom of the mountaing, Betty opened her eyes again).
(Mike's Blog notes: - We drove south for about an hour to the town of Mayaguez where we were looking for the Ruta Panaramico. This was a route on our map that was described as a "tourist drive." We started the drive up the moutain that twisted back and forth and dropped into hills and valleys. We ascended for what felt like an hour, steadily climbing. The further from Mayaguez that we progressed, the fewer people we saw...until we were alone on the mountain. The roads consisted of blind curves, blind hills, and extremely narrow rights of way. I've never been more scared driving anywhere. We refueled in the town of Maracao, the center of coffee production in Puerto Rico and quickly found a way off the mountain, which took another hour of harrowing driving experiences. When we reached the bottom of the mountaing, Betty opened her eyes again).
We stumbled upon this place on our drive through the rainforest. It was called La Torre de Piedra. I would tell you more about this place, but everything on the information board for this place was written in Spanish. As soon as I get it translated, I will let you know what this place was used for.
Mike decided that he would climb up to the top of the tower for a picture.
We spent the rest of the afternoon and evening indoors as the storms kept us from doing anything outside. Mike grilled steaks and potatoes for us for dinner and we watched Blindside on the laptop for our evening entertainment.
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