Whale Watching – Boqueron, Puerto Rico, February 27, 2023

We finished up our last day at the National Park in Samana by seeing the Lion Cave and heading in to see the EcoLodge.  The Lion Cave was first and there were cave drawings.  It wasn’t as big or impressive as the Grey Owl Cave but I’m still glad we saw it. 

After lunch, we headed to the Ecolodge with required us to dinghy down a very long row stunning mangrove trees.

The Ecolodge itself was not very full of people but you can stay there.  It was very cool and we climbed to the top, saw the ocean where we were anchored, then came back down through the center of the hotel.  It was cool since on every door they had one of the local trees painted.  The stairs around the property were a bit treacherous though!

Our three-day dispacho had come to an end and we headed back to the marina. Our weather window to go to Puerto Rico was fast approaching. When we headed out, we had a couple whales come within 10 feet of the boat! It was a bit scary as it would be bad if they came up under us.

The ride over to Puerto Rico was bumpy but Sailing hubby picked a good window and I think this is as good as it gets.  It was a busy ride over there as a dozen boats came with us.  Unfortunately, one of our fellow sailors ran over a fishing net on the way over and it completely jammed up his engine so it wouldn’t go forward or reverse.  He sailed the remainder of the way and once we got anchored, Ron dinghied over to them and dove on their engine with cut the net off.  The good news is everything ran just fine once Ron cut it off and he was able to maneuver into the anchorage and get all set.  Check out the net he ran over…

Sailing Hubby was a bit nervous about this passage since we had not crossed the Mona before and I have to admit I am glad we are here and settled.  It was nice, the last 10 miles or so of the trip were dead calm.  Well hello Puerto Rico!