2016 Puerto Rico Day 3

Today we went to the El Yunque rain forest. This forest is the only tropical rain forest in the USA.

We first stopped at the La Coca falls for a photo op.

  

Then we went up higher and found the trail to La Mina falls.  We found the lower trailhead and set out with intentions of swimming in the water pools at the falls.  About half way there I slipped and fell, skinning my knee and cutting my toe.  After continuing on for aways, we decided to abort.  There were a variety of reasons, not just because my knee and toe were still bleeding.  

We then went up as high as you could by car, and started our way down.

We stopped again to walk around the picnic area.  We all agreed that natures attempt to recover this area added beauty to the forest, it also gave it a eerie look.  A monster may pop out and get us at any time.  The worse we saw were slugs crawing up the trees.

Farther down we stopped at the Yokahu llok out tower.  The tower reminded me of the watch tower from Lord of the Rings. The scenary from the top was gorgeous.  Walking up and down the stairs added more insult to our tired legs.

Finally we stopped at the Parks visitor center to look for sourveniers and have a bio break.

Getting home we played in the surf outside our apartment and then cleaned up for dinner.

Dinner was at a small restaurant in Luquillo called 'Rincon del Sabor',  The creol sauce was scrumptious. It appears that during the day, the front of the restaurant is a gift shop.  At night they open the back of the building up and serve food.  To enter the place we needed to ring a doorbell and be 'buzzed' in; a somewhat shady begining.  Once seated we found the service and hospitality was fantastic.   Eight thumbs up....