Santa Maria - The First Island Discovered in the Azores, The Last One Discovered by Us
October 14th 2012 September 17 - September 25, 2012
(note - I have included many collages to include more photos - if you can not see them, click on the photo to make them larger)
Yes, we had said that Sao Miguel would be the last island in the Azores we would visit before going to the mainland, but tropical storm Nadine had other plans. Earlier in August hurricane Gordon came through when we were in Terceira
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