Day Three

Day Three

Oceans and Seas » Atlantic » Atlantis
January 7th 2015

Published: September 30th 2017

Geo: 18.123, -65.4163

And here are pictures from Wednesday, January 7th. Our morning walk this day took us out into the rural area in a search for that fort we had read about. Saw lots of the countryside before stumbling upon the fort a lot nearer the town than we had thought. Then we all went back to Blue beach where we tried snorkeling and swimming.

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Anne & Lee

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Anne and I started our hiking trips back in 2001 and have managed to get two or three trips in each year since. Most of the trips were part of our quest to hike in all of the US National Parks, a quest we completed in 2015 with our trip to Alaska and the Gates of the Arctic and Kobuk Valley parks. At that time there were 59 parks. Since 2015 we have revisited some of our favorite areas and those have been blogged as well. Additionally, along the way we’ve taken a couple of trips to Canada where we hiked in most, if not all, of the Canadian National Parks in the Rocky Mountains. And then ... full info

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Entrance to Fort Conde de Mirasol

On our third morning, Lee and I set out on foot to find this fort. We wandered through neighborhoods, thinking we were totally lost, when all of a sudden, there it was!

Fort Conde de Mirasol

While the outer walls are very obviously original, the main structures inside, though still 90% original, have been restored and house a neat museum.

Fort Conde de Mirasol

The fort was originally built in 1845 but never fired a shot in anger. It was used by both the Spanish and the US as a jail. Abandoned in 1940, it was restored in the early 90's.