The flying time was a bit longer then I expected, but everything went very well. Reed and I were able to relax in the sun (as much as one could expect with a toddler!) and it was so rewarding to see what a good traveler North could be.
We waited in the San Francisco airport for a long time as our first flight was delayed. We had arrived into the city earlier that afternoon to play in the Golden Gate playground as preparation for flying 12 hours!
Reed taught North how to say, "Zoom, Zoom!" as we were taking off. We had three different flights to take before we were to arrive into San Juan.
Looking out of the window made us feel very excited about getting into the ocean.
Therefore our first thing to do after dropping our bags off in the hotel room was to run to the beach!
Back at the beach on the second day. The sand was very soft and made great sand sculptures. North loved playing King Kong as he stomped on any sand castle he could find.
The hotel pool had a waterslide! I thought North would be too little and therefore scared, but Reed took him right over. North would do his happy dance once out of the pool and say, "Again!".
Every morning at eleven, a hotel staff member would bring out a tray of lettuce so the kids could feed the (semi-wild) iguanas. North was not nervous at all from being around the strange looking creatures. He fed lettuce to the lizards as fast as he could. Maybe he was missing the dogs back home?
On our last full day, we joined a group on a Catamaran boat to do some snorkeling. We rode out to an island and then to a reef. The front of the boat had a net stretched across the middle. When Reed would go into the water, North would climb out onto the net and throw his fishy crackers down into the sea. While he was looking through the net, he would call into the ocean, "big bish, big bish!"
On our last day, our flight did not leave until 5:00pm, so we checked our bags into the airport and then took a taxi into Old Town San Juan. We were hot and very tired, but we couldn't leave without seeing the city.
Back at the airport again. North has a Go-go Kidz attached to his car seat. This was the best thing I bought for our trip. When he wasn't riding in the Ergo, we could strap him into his seat and push him through the airports like he was in a stroller. The whole contraption was designed to be used straight from riding in our car to the airplane seat.
Great trip, but boy am I glad to be home! I love my washing machine! I love my dogs! I love, love my bed! There is no place like home.