In March we finally went on a trip that was just for exploring and having fun. Our destination: Puerto Rico. We thought that we would just spend a relaxing week on the beach and not follow our usual every night in a new place traveling style. Then we realized there was just too much we wanted to see. So, even with a toddler and a baby, we spent every night in a different place. The first day/night we spent in San Juan recovering from our middle of the night flight. The next night we spent at an eco-lodge on the south (and undeveloped) side of the El Yuenque rain forest.
Alyssa loved it! She is really into Diego right now, and to stay in a rain forest was awesome. Plus there is the whole water obsession. A 10 minute walk brought us to this gorgeous waterfall. It was really soothing at night to hear it from our room.
Alyssa was fascinated by this banana tree. I don't think she realized that bananas actually grow somewhere.
Even Abigail made it down to the waterfall. She was more interested in sleeping. Eating and sleeping....she did a lot of that on this trip.
This is the view from the road up to the eco-lodge. You can see the ocean off in the distance.
Our room had a hammock in it. Dan was so excited to show Alyssa what it was for.
She got the hang of it pretty fast. She kept opening and closing it, calling it her cocoon. Our little butterfly is emerging.
One of the really cool things about the eco-lodge is the people. We often travel to kind of out of the way places, where we meet like-minded travelers. There was only one restaurant about a half a mile down the road, so of course everyone went there for dinner. The eco-lodge served a big breakfast in the morning that we all ate around a long table. It was a lot of fun talking to people about where they had been, and what their plans were in Puerto Rico.
I think this was Dan's favorite part of our trip.
Alyssa loved it! She is really into Diego right now, and to stay in a rain forest was awesome. Plus there is the whole water obsession. A 10 minute walk brought us to this gorgeous waterfall. It was really soothing at night to hear it from our room.
Alyssa was fascinated by this banana tree. I don't think she realized that bananas actually grow somewhere.
Even Abigail made it down to the waterfall. She was more interested in sleeping. Eating and sleeping....she did a lot of that on this trip.
This is the view from the road up to the eco-lodge. You can see the ocean off in the distance.
Our room had a hammock in it. Dan was so excited to show Alyssa what it was for.
She got the hang of it pretty fast. She kept opening and closing it, calling it her cocoon. Our little butterfly is emerging.
One of the really cool things about the eco-lodge is the people. We often travel to kind of out of the way places, where we meet like-minded travelers. There was only one restaurant about a half a mile down the road, so of course everyone went there for dinner. The eco-lodge served a big breakfast in the morning that we all ate around a long table. It was a lot of fun talking to people about where they had been, and what their plans were in Puerto Rico.
I think this was Dan's favorite part of our trip.
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