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Happy Thanksgiving to everyone out there!

I wasn't around last week. We left on the night of November 15th and headed off to Puerto Rico for a week of rest. We stayed at the same place in Cabo Rojo as we did earlier in the year. It was a rather uneventful trip, for the most part. It was warm during teh days, and comfortable in the evenings. The only drawbacks were mosquitoes and the first rental car.

Mosquito Season

The last time we went to Puerto Rico, we were pleasantly surprised by how few mosquitoes there were. So we were certainly looking forward to this trip. How many tropical lands can you go to and not get eaten alive by the flying pests? So we were shocked when we got there and mosquitoes seemed to be waiting for us. I figured out (the hard way) that the mosquitoes won't bite when you have the air conditioning on. One night we slept without a/c and the feeding frenzy went on all night. Ouch!

Honda Fit giving me fits

When we landed at Aguadilla Airport in Puerto Rico we rented a Honda Fit. If you don't know the car, it's the smallest in the Honda line, even smaller than the Civic! The second evening we were there one of the front tires was flat as a pancake. I honestly have no idea how this happened. We had driven home and there was air in the tire when the car was parked, later on, it was flat. Since we were up in the mountains, I slapped on the doughnut spare and we returned the car on Monday morning so we could get a "safe" car, one with four tires and a spare.

Guess what they gave me? A 2007 Ford Focus ZX3 SE. Essentially a newer version of my car in maroon and an automatic transmission. It was much nicer than the Fit, but not as pristine as mine, even though they had about the same miles.

Fly, Butterfly, Fly!

Stacey saw a butterfly get knocked into the water at the beach by the breeze. She ran over and scooped the little guy up and set him on the sands to dry out. After he dried out, the butterfly took to wing and fluttered off on his merry way, possibly happy to have be given a new lease on life.

That is....

Until a bird flew by and caught the fluttering insect in his beak and took off. So long little butterfly.

Other tales and pics hopefully to come...