Puerto Rico--Archives #3

Grandparents having some fun!  The town of Aibonito.

We have now arrived at our hiking grounds.  Our hiking grounds?  You would think so.  We only ran into one group of hikers at one of the waterfalls.  Otherwise, we had this place to ourselves.  In fact, of all the places we trekked, excluding anything to do with water, we had to ourselves.  It would be pretty cool to go to Glacier National Park or Yosemite or YoHo (Canada), and have it this way.  This is called San Cristobal Canyon, and it was fun!

The descent.

We've made it to the bottom.  Rock hopping is about to commence.  I love spending a day in this fashion.

The first of three waterfalls comes into view.

As we made our way to this waterfall, another group was making their way also.  Although this group of hikers were coming from the top of the falls.  They had hiked through the brush and trees and had come down the side of the falls.  Notice the helmets?  They were a pretty lively group and ended up in the water.  Helmets, life vests, cameras and all.  We continued on down the canyon.

This is so neat.  It's like someone built this to walk upon.  I love seeing the handiwork of God.  In Job it says, "Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder; To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man;  To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?"

We've made it to the second waterwall, and our personal swimming hole. :) The water was cold and refreshing.

And now, the third waterfall.  This was quite a beautiful playground.

We had stayed longer than we intended to.  Stomachs (well mine), were asserting themselves, that real food was in order.  I cannot sustain myself  to long on nuts and fruit, as some folks can.  So we gathered up our packs, and began the climb out of the canyon. 

And this is the lovely place we chose to dine at!

Typical Puerto Rican food.  It was good!

to be continued....