Thursday, February 26, 2009

puerto rico - day 2 & 3

sunday was our driving day. we attended church just outside of san juan. i didn't understand a word, but i liked singing in spanish. then we headed to the only rainforest in the us, el yunque. there we saw some great views and did a little hike to la mina falls. 
ben decided to get wet.
then we drove to the west coast of the island to the town of rincon, which is known for its world class surfing. we stayed at a lovely resort right on the water. 
ben surfed. i watched. we snorkeled and swam with lots of fishes and a turtle. 
we left at 3am on tuesday morning to go back to work and the cold. puerto rico was good to us. sigh.

puerto rico - day 1

boston is cold. puerto rico is warm and only a short flight away. so last weekend we left the winter at 1:00am on saturday morning and flew to san juan.in the morning before the rest of the tourists we explored old san juan, including the impressive san cristobal fort.

following a nap we hit the beach and wandered into some outskirts to see some of 'real' puerto rico. 

Monday, February 2, 2009

snowboarding, sundance & the mtc

ben's brother daniel entered the mtc a few weeks ago to prepare to serve his mission in mexico. for one last forrest family hurrah before he left we all spent a few days in park city snowboarding at the canyons and to catch some of the sundance film festival. even some shafers (cory & christian) joined in for the boarding.