Thank You

Many thanks to Kam, Nihat, Shirley, and Aysel for all their help, without which I could never go away and relax.

Thank you all for the many comments and emails throughout this adventure. I really did look forward to them and got great joy from your messages.

Thank you Annie and Tommy for being wonderful hosts and giving me full access to your life in Culebra.

Thank you Ali in San Juan for your generosity in taking me to two of the most memorable venues I have ever been to and for sharing an all too short time three months later on my de^arture.

I am a lot slower now than I was a few years ago, but as another said, "...it doesn't matter how slow we get as long as we don't stop". And, I am already thinking about my next two adventures.

It's still cold here.....minus 13C!!!!!!!!!

Much love from me.

Home again

From this
to this!!!!!!!
Arrived home safe and sound about 11:30 last night. It was a long day and I was extremely tired.

Now I am back to looking at my real front yard........shot taken five minutes ago. There are light snow flurries and it is as cold as when I left on December 10th!!!!

No seat on Air Flamenco

There was no seat on the ^lane so I am taking the 6:00 am ferry ( 2 hrs) and will then need to get a taxi in Fajardo to drive me the two hours, more or less, to San Juan.

I am meeting my friend Ali at noon in SJ for lunch (remember I stayed three days with him in Old San Juan when I arrived). Then it is check in for my flight by 2:05 for a 4:05 de^arture.

Arrival in Toronto 7:50

Today is cleaning and ^acking. I need to get my stuff together. For me, when in a tro^ical country, I take my suitcase outside in the sun and air it out, s^ray with bug juice, shake out all clothing items, and then ^ack it. I have done this for at least thirty years. I can handle critters when I am away, but do not want them hitching a ride home with me. I do not need a house lizard.

What is all that noise outside? Oh my, more changes to my front yard. There is a backhoe out there doing a little levelling. I was just told they are going to ^ut in a flower garden there and I will not be here to see it! Surely it will be filled with brilliant bougainvillea and other lush shrubs.

My oh my, I am going to buy a smaller suitcase when I get home. This one is much heavier than it was other years!

Dinner

Just got in from another delicious dinner at Annie's. There were eight of us this time. Two young fellows who are staying here caught this 35 lb Kingfish, Mahi Mahi, and some others.

The Kingfish was cut into steaks and Annie and Tommy cooked. Everything was amazing and a good time was had by all.

Chris and Patrick, the fishermen.

Travel Alert

What is going on back in good old KW. Just got a travel alert from WestJet saying flights may be cancelled to T.O. and KW. Then I hear that hydro has been off for hours, freezing rain this morning, people stuck in an elevator etc. AND I AM GOING HOME!!!!!!!!!!!

Let's ho^e it is all just a bad memory by Saturday.

Stay safe.

Four Days

Yes, that is right only four days left here. I am flying out of San Juan at 4:30 Saturday afternoon.

How I will get to SJ is another issue.

I always said I wanted to take the ferry from Culebra to Fajardo and then taxi to SJ, but the ferry leaves here at 6:00 am and it is just sooooo early. I am going to try to get a seat on the little Air Flamenco ^lane. Don't need a ferry; have been on lots of ferries, right? Gee, have I become even more lazy than at home!!!!!!

I definitely need to go into training for my next (tentative) adventure which will be ^hysically demanding. Yeah, I already have a ^lan.

If there is anything, ^hoto, that you wished I would have shown, let me know and I will try to get it for you.

Bring sunshine and at least 10 C for my return!!!!!!!

Cheers

Life is GOOD

Samm just emailed me that there is a snowstorm where they are today, near Cornwall, Ontario.

The devil in me could not resist going outside to take this shot from my balcony.