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Summer is Getting Close!

Stefan — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 12:19:47 +0000

Sydney and I are eating breakfast right now eagerly anticipating Summer arriving in less than two hours!

Sydney and I are going to finish up our scrambled eggs, bananas and milk and go watch the surf for a while. After checking the surf locally in Rincon, we are going to head north to Wilderness since it is in the flight path of the airport. I want to be close so Sydney can be peeking through the glass at Summer when her momma gets into baggage check.

This picture was LIVE as of 8:15 am on Wednesday.

Summer is Flying Jet Blue - JFK to Aguadilla

Packing Up For Rincon

Stefan — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 22:45:45 +0000

Summer, Sydney and I have been out of Puerto Rico working and we are ALL ready to go home. Summer is going to stick around San Diego for another week or two, but I am packing up Sydney and I so we can head home.

I am stoked to see our trees, build a fence and a chicken coop.

Sydney is ready to go;

Packing up Sydney for Puerto Rico

Visiting Season Begins – Rincon Guest House

Stefan — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 10:04:33 +0000

Today is it. Today is the last day Summer and I have at the house to ourselves for almost 3 months. I know, crazy right? We have Conner and his family flying in tonight (Conner is here until Feb 3rd), Mike, Carry and Matt at the end of January, Christian and his chick coming in February, My Dad and his family at the end of February and then Drew and his girlfriend the beginning of March.

It seems like a lot of visitors, and it is, but I love it when friends come down to visit. It gives us excuses to do touristy things in Rincon and forces me to leave the beach and head to other tourist destinations around Puerto Rico that we have just never gotten around to doing on our own. It’s also great to be at the house with old friends and cook meals together and drink coffee on the front porch and talk about old times while we create new stories to tell in the years to come.

I would like to put a list together of great things to do while visiting Rincon. Here is my partial list, do you guys have anything else I can ad to it?

Things To Do While Visiting Rincon

Hang Out at the Beach All Day
Surf (I already have this one covered)
Snorkel
Skin Dive for Lobster and Fish
Walk Domes Trail
Walk to the River Mouth
Go to the Waterfalls
Go to La Parguera (bioluminescent bay)
Arecibo Observatory
Watch the Sunset from the Goat House
Try Mavi Frio
Try Ron Cana (Puerto Rican Moonshine)
Try an Empanadilla at Kaplash
Mofongo for a meal (I like the shrimp, cause they don’t fry them ahead of time)
Skate the bowl in Aguadilla
Golf at the Aguadilla Golf Course
ParaSail
Scuba Dive
Fishing Charter
Horse Back Riding
Local Photographers Surf Slide Shows
Visit Local Art Galleries

Vacation Time Off

Stefan — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 21:24:32 +0000

Summer and I left town last week a few days before the Tropical Storm that was heading North West, decide to change its mind so we weren’t too worried about it. Then, it ended up switching West, running over Puerto Rico and heading on up towards Cuba, turned into Hurricane Faye and is now over Florida. We didn’t have any damage at all, as a matter of a fact, friends told me that it barely even rained here. When the storm passed Rincon, it was about 70 degrees and cloudy. Perfect for yard work or just kicking it. I even overheard someone at the Calypso the other night say that they actually had to trade in their Tank Top for a short sleeve shirt! You know it must have been cold if people are busting out their short sleeve shirts.

We went to Vail Colorado for a friends wedding. We got there on Thursday and left on Monday. It was a real pain to get to though. Listen to this:

Fly out of Aguadilla to Newark (3 hours 30mins)
3 Hour delay in Newark
Fly to Denver (3 hours 10mins)
Rent a car, wait for rush hour traffic to be over and drive to Vail (6 hours)

We played golf one day at the Eagle Creek Golf course, took the Gondola to the top of Vail Mountain for dinner one night (at the Game Creek Restaurant), went to the Vail Jazz festival, hung out with friends and enjoyed the cool weather (it snowed one night above 10,000ft and sleeted at our condo), I cooked for 40 people on Saturday, enjoyed a great rehearsal dinner at the Cordillera Country Club and then the ceremony the following day at Cordillera Resort.

The travel time was a little brutal, once compounded with late nights and early mornings, we were REALLY looking forward to coming home and relaxing (sort of).

Check out a few of the pictures from our trip:

Ha! I feel like we took more ‘prom pictures’ than anything else. Summer has a bunch more pictures on her camera and I have a few more on my phone that I’ll upload.