Puerto Rico Stories


Dawn's 40th Birthday

There is a good story as to how this trip came to be. In college I had a very good friend named Dawn Slaughter. Half way through college she left Southwest Missouri State (now just Missouri State) to go to an arts school in Georgia. As time passed we lost touch, and hadn’t heard from one another in about 18 years or more. Thanks to Facebook, in mid ...


Aguadilla or bust!

Well we made it out here with no real hassles other than the fact I thought I might need a passport and thankfully didn't, owing to the fact it had just expired 6 mos before! This would later be coupled with the jarring indication that my driver's license would expire on the date of our return! Which I didn't find out until I was in security check going...


Que Hermosa

"What did i get myself into?" was my first thought of Puerto Rico. Within a couple of hours my thoughts changed. I absolutely fell in love with this place. The people are so beautiful and friendly, the view is breath taking, the food---well i wasn't the biggest fan. In a nut shell, I HIHGLY recommend San Juan, Puerto Rico. There is so much life there...


First day in Puerto Rico

We flew this time out of RDU and had nice flights. From the airport in San Juan we took a taxi to our hotel Condado Plaza. The hotel was undergoing renevation (story of my life). The renevated parts, including our room, were nice and modern. After checking in we walked across the bridge to the other side of the beach. On the bridge we met a crazy Am...