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Day to day life in Puerto Rico for two transplants from Washington State. Things are different here...follow the blog and find out how?
tags: caving, gardening, life in general, scuba diving, spearfishing
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After years of living in the grisly grey of the Pacific Northwest (Washington State) I got sick of being cold. Jeff, my husband, and I moved here in 2007 and it has been a great move! Lots of sports things to do and a great climate!

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No photos in this one. I took a couple but didn't need to keep them. That means this will be a short post of something else that is bizarre...unless you live here in Puerto Rico.So it...   Read more

Yes folks, it is time for another installment of "You Can't Make This Shit Up!" The events described here are real or surreal depending on if you are a local or not. Even...   Read more
Cueva Barbudos y Monte Encantada Posted on 08/05/2013

Looking out of cave entrances has go to be one of life's finest joys. Scuba diving used to be our favorite thing to do until we discovered caving. There is something just inherently...   Read more
Cats In, On, Or Under Containers Posted on 22/04/2013

These are some of my favorite cat photos . Not all of them are recent but as I have been trying to put organize all the cat photos I have run across my favorites! Tuca is the most playful...   Read more
Cueva Cuerda- An Adventure Posted on 16/04/2013

After a nice dive on Saturday we decided to cave on Sunday. Saturday's dive was nice but we were disappointed that we didn't go caving in Cueva Juan Nieves - a cave with LOTS of...   Read more
Then, Now and Around the Yard Posted on 11/04/2013

It is always fun to look at what things looked like before you start adjusting things to the way you want them. Sometimes I have ideas and I can see the end product, but Jeff just thinks I...   Read more
Conquering Cucaracha Posted on 03/04/2013

It’s about time! They say you only visit Cucaracha once. This was my fourth trip. On my first trip I got tired of waiting around so I left the cave. I did not know Katrina and the...   Read more
Recycling PR Style Posted on 03/04/2013

When we first moved to PR it was a real shock. We couldn't believe garbage pick up was FREE and we also were shocked that people don't put their shit in the cans for pickup -...   Read more
The Way Things Are - Car Things Posted on 27/03/2013

MARBETES: Once a year each car has to get a new sticker for the mandatory"insurance" they call the marbete. They are supposed to send out a triplicate piece of paper with car info...   Read more
Cueva Sorbetos (straws) Posted on 14/03/2013

Our final cave trip in this little 4 day flurry was a trip to Cueva Sorbetos, home of a million calcite soda straws. I don't know if there are really a million or not but it seems like...   Read more
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  • amazing blog


    thanks for sharing
    txsand
    By txsand 2013-01-05, 21h32
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    • love your blog....so informative. thanks
      By Garden de Mala Chica 2010-08-24, 03h20
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      • I have been considering a move out of the USA and would like to know where is the best place for an old future "expat" ........ right now i have chosen the Philippines but would like to entertain some other places that an old retiree can visit/move to. if anyone in PR knows someone that will correspond with me and answer my basic questions, please respond to John at ercoupe46@gmail.com. thanks.
        ercoupe
        By ercoupe 2010-06-22, 14h29
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