Geo: 40.7595, -111.888We left on a Saturday in late April and returned the next Saturday. Except for a one hour or so delay leaving GSP airport, all of the flights were on time, and the delay at GSP did not cause a problem since we had a long layover in ATL built in to the schedule. We arrived in Salt Lake City at 1:00 PM, MST, picked up our rental car around 2:00 PM, and drove 4 .5 hours through rain and snow (yes, SNOW) to our motel, Ruby's Inn, for the next three nights. Except for a bit of walking around the airport in Atlanta, we missed our daily walk, but we made up for it on the next 6 days. On Sunday, our first full day at Bryce Canyon, we hiked a figure eight ... read more

Geo: 18.123, -65.4163Here are the pictures from Saturday, January 10th, our last full day on Vieques. David, Sonja, Anne and I drove to the Mosquito Pier where David, Sonja, and I did a bit of snorkeling while Anne walked. Some of the best snorkeling areas are around this pier. Though we did not go out very far, we thought it was some of the best that we found. On the way back, we stopped at the 300+ year old Ceiba tree. Neat tree. Think LeeAnne and family stuck close to home this day, enjoying the pool. Dinner that night was at the Tin Box, near Espearanza. This was one of the best restaurants we found on the island.... read more

Geo: 18.123, -65.4163Pictures from the fourth full day, Thursday, January 8th. Our morning walk just took us back through town and around the residential area and back to the house. Bob wasn't feeling great this day so he and Maggie stayed and played around the pool while the rest of us went to the south side of the island and checked out the little barrio of Esperanza. Had lunch there then hiked to a little almost island called Caiyo de Tierra, an area like an island except connected to the main island by a narrow strip of land. Neat hike. We then went to a few of the beaches near Esperanza and Sun Bay. This is where we found the beach with the cave where David swam out, climbed to the top of the rocks, and ... read more

Geo: 18.123, -65.4163Pictures from the second full day on Vieques. The morning walk took us by Sea Glass Beach, right near downtown Isabel II. No sea glass to be found. Then along the coast where we passed a neat cemetery. Later David, Sonja, Anne, and I drove to the western end of the island and toured through the old navy base where the main thing to see is the old bunkers where they stored ammo. The rest of the old base is just a jungle with a few narrow roads running through it. At the extreme western end is Green beach where three of us did a bit of snorkeling. LeeAnne, Bob, and Maggie drove to Blue Beach in the Camp Garcia area that she and I had seen the day before and did a bit ... read more

Geo: 18.123, -65.4163Here are a few pictures from our travel day, Sunday, Jan 4th. Once we got to Vieques we went to the house we had rented, settled in a bit, then a few of us went out to a small grocery, bought some supplies for a snacky supper. We were all pretty beat after a full day of traveling. ... read more