Puerto Rico Day 4: The All Day Adventure

When your adventure starts at 10am and doesn't end until 11pm; your 1st stop is a hearty breakfast!

 Our 1st stop on our adventure was to the El Yunque rain forest. I'm trying to remember if I've ever been to an actual rain forest and I can't think of one, so this must be my first (the Rain Forest Cafe doesn't count)! I kept remembering the movie Fern Gully but we didn't come across any fairies.

We did, however, come across a Coqui frog! It means "Little Frog" and it has a very distinct sound. We were very lucky to come across this one posing for pictures! Most people only hear it and see it as plush souvenirs.

The rain forest was beautiful! Our guide, Javier, was extremely knowledgeable about the history of Puerto Rico and gave me a lot of background about the natives, the Taino, who sadly are no longer around. Most of the population are descended from the Spanish, Mexican, African American, American or some mixture of the four.

Todd & I near a small waterfall

So Green! In Birmingham at this point it was full fall with oranges, reds and yellows; no green.

The BIG Waterfall!

My husband as Superman!

The Karate Kid

Part II

Can we take a good picture without help? Umm...Errr...almost!

My "Blue Steel" look.

Snail! Not sure if you can tell here, but they were HUGE!

Todd and I with Todd's sister, Angie.

Fun group! We had a blast!

What's that in the distance? A plane...?

After the rain forest. We rested on a  local beach and ate to regain our strength. The hike to the waterfall and back was close to 3 miles. After a rest and grub we headed to the Bio-luminescent Bay in Fajardo. If you have never kayaked or swam in a bio-luminescent bay it NEEDS to be on your bucket list! We couldn't take pictures because my camera wasn't waterproof, but it was gorgeous! The water lights up around you! It's like magic!
I love going places and being reminded of God's awesome creation and this was one that brought tears to my eyes. There are only a few of these bays in the world so we felt blessed to be able to see and experience this.

It was such a fun day!