In the afternoon before our last full day in Aruba, I was finally feeling up to getting into the ocean. This meant I got to participate in my absolute favorite thing to do on an island trip — sunset at the beach, when the sun goes down into the ocean in front of you. Living in NJ my whole life, I’m never more than 20 minutes or so from the open seas, but of course we face the wrong direction……
After a serene visit to Playa La Posita, a hot but enjoyable trip to El Morro, and a real mess at the El Yunque rainforest, we wanted to spend some more time at the beach on our last full day in Puerto Rico. Regular readers of this blog know that I have a strict no-backtracking-unless-absolutely-necessary policy, so we wanted to try something new. Ariel had read that the Balneario del Escambrón beach area was also “family friendly” and sheltered from…
After one of the most aggravating travel days we’ve had in recent years, we settled in for our first non-resort trip with Ethan. For our first morning in Puerto Rico we decided to go the beach. We are staying on the north coast, and there can be strong currents in December, so one of Ariel’s top priorities was finding a protected beach where we would not have to worry about huge waves and rip tides. She found a beach called…