We spent most of Wednesday, May 16, traveling from Sacramento to San Juan, arriving around midnight. I had reserved a car for a couple of days so that we could provision the boat. When we arrived at the rental counter, things went quite slowly (after the agent finally located our reservation in the system!), not just for us but for other customers, for unclear reasons. Finally, the agent leaned over the counter and whispered to us that they were trying to find a car for us as there were no cars left! Did I freak, demand to know how that was possible when I had reserved a car weeks before? No, believe it or not, I did not. We are in the islands where everyone is chill. Finally, we were told a car was ready. We went outside and waiting for us was a brand new Ford F150 four-door monster with a sleak dark bronze paint job! Not the economy car we had reserved, but we were happy to have a vehicle.
We arrived at Puerto del Rey Marina well after 2 a.m., went to our slip, unlocked Mantra and collapsed. Today, we ran errands. First we finished the application process (fingerprints and photo) for Global Entry Status with U.S. Customs and Border Patrol. Luckily, we didn't have time to make any comments when the agent asked if we had heard of San Juan's mayor, because she immediately trashed the mayor and made positive comments about Donald Trump. We kept our lips sealed! We received emails this evening stating we, silent subversives, are approved!
We loaded up on food and paper goods at Costco and Walmart and then returned to Mantra where I spent a couple of hours transferring everything from cardboard to plastic containers (to keep roach eggs out of the boat) and arranging the galley cupboards. After dinner, we came to the marina terrace as there is no Internet service on the docks. We've checked our emails, I've written this post and Peter has checked the weather for the next couple days. The waves are predicted to be higher than we would like, but the wind is perfect and we must move on.
Here is a photo showing the difficulties Puerto Ricans are still facing with electricity months after Hurricane Maria.
Now it's time to be rocked to sleep by the gentle surge in the marina.
We arrived at Puerto del Rey Marina well after 2 a.m., went to our slip, unlocked Mantra and collapsed. Today, we ran errands. First we finished the application process (fingerprints and photo) for Global Entry Status with U.S. Customs and Border Patrol. Luckily, we didn't have time to make any comments when the agent asked if we had heard of San Juan's mayor, because she immediately trashed the mayor and made positive comments about Donald Trump. We kept our lips sealed! We received emails this evening stating we, silent subversives, are approved!
We loaded up on food and paper goods at Costco and Walmart and then returned to Mantra where I spent a couple of hours transferring everything from cardboard to plastic containers (to keep roach eggs out of the boat) and arranging the galley cupboards. After dinner, we came to the marina terrace as there is no Internet service on the docks. We've checked our emails, I've written this post and Peter has checked the weather for the next couple days. The waves are predicted to be higher than we would like, but the wind is perfect and we must move on.
Here is a photo showing the difficulties Puerto Ricans are still facing with electricity months after Hurricane Maria.
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| Vegetation has sprung back but the electricity infrastructure is still suffering |
Now it's time to be rocked to sleep by the gentle surge in the marina.
Photos of the F150??
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