At the beginning of this month Brig went to Puerto Rico on his Jet Blue pass. He and his brother Adam were there for 5 days. This is a short version of what they did and the pictures are at the bottom with captions to let you all know where they were in the pic.
In
Old San Juan they toured the 2 fortresses there right on the beach. It had some amazing views of the ocean.
There was a waterfall that they went to that was deep in the jungle...El Yunque Rainforest. Local frogs constantly chirped and Whitney sized (or even longer) Iguanas were seen.
After Puerto Rico, they rode a ferry over to the island of Vieques that is about 30 miles off the coast of Puerto Rico. There they slept in hammocks on the beach and were beach bums for the day. Wild horses replaced the low rider car. They would ride up and down the streets cantering to impress the ladies. Brig said that was awesome, yet amusing enough to smile at.
While in Vieques, they swam in the world's greatest
Bio Bay where the water lights up when you move. Bioluminescent organisms (
dinoflagellates) are what make the water light up when you move in the water. It reminded him of Avater glowing or Edward in the sunlight. Isn't he hot? Looking back on the tour they thought it seemed a little creepy to be riding in the back or a stranger's beat up truck out into the middle of nowhere, but luckily none of their organs were harvested.
Now to the food...They ate at a couple of places that we saw on an episode of
Man vs Food on the travel channel. At El Churrey they ate the Churrasco sandwich and wrap which was suppossed to be amazing but they thought it was good but not the best thing they had ever eaten. They also ate the pork that was on the show. It was a monster piece of pork that had the skin still on it. Brig said that the skin was crunchy and tough to bite through. He also ate Mofongo and fried Plantains. Oh yeah...he drank coconut milk...yucky. The best thing they ate while they were there was a burrito at some restaurant they went to when they first got there. BOOM!
I am so glad to have them come back alive, you never know what will happen when you tour out of the country. I guess Puerto Rico isn't that scary of a place.
The wedding was in the Albuquerque, New Mexico Temple. On our way there the van we were riding in had a problem with the tire. This is what happened, we were driving along the highway at 70mph, and all of a sudden the van starts to swerve all over the road. Luckily my mom was able to stay calm and guide the 15 passenger van to safety. Turns out that the tread had come off the tire, but the tube was still inflated. I am certain that if it would have been a true blow out, the van would have rolled and some, if not all of us would have been killed. There was no spare, so we had to wait and hour and a half in the hot New Mexico desert for help. When we finally got back on the road we raced as fast as we could to make it for the wedding, but because of scheduling issues the wedding couldn't be delayed. My mom was able to catch a ride with my oldest brother Jesse and his family. So me and my family and my sister Mel and her family missed the wedding. I was heart-broken about it because Sam was my only sibling that I could have seen get married, but oh well. I guess that's what happens when weddings are on Friday the 13th. We arrived just as the beautiful bride and groom were coming out of the temple. 
At least we were able to enjoy the reception that evening. The decorations were so classy! Laura's colors were hot pink, black and white. We drove back to my parent's house that night and the next day we set up for the Las Cruces reception. I made the groom's cake, and Cody my sister-in-law made the wedding cake. Both cakes had a hard time in the heat, but they turned out looking great. So the weekend was a memorable experience, and I can assure you that I will not be traveling or leaving the house on the next Friday the 13th.
