Fort San Cristobal

We have a couple of excellent National Parks literally right next to us in Old San Juan. Recently we have been exploring a bit more of San Cristobal. One of the fields in the fort is closed to the public most of the time. We're lucky to have access. It's full of iguanas! This is a small one.




Roxy actually caught one the other day! She's quite the hunter. I got her to let it go and luckily it was OK.





We took a breather part of the way up the hill. It was pretty windy as you can tell from Lilly's ears!




Here's a shot near the top....and one near the bottom.





We played around on the rocks and took some pics..............

and checked out the graffiti.....



and saw a cruise ship come in.

OSJ Revisited

A couple more Old San Juan shots that I snapped today. We have several of these "step streets" in town. They give a totally different feel to the normally congested cobblestone streets running on either end of them. Typically they're full of cats lounging in the sun which must have been what caught Roxy's eye in the second shot!

Colors of Old San Juan

Seems everyone has been painting lately. We have a beautiful new array of colors around town. Just a few shots I took walking around with the girls and my friend Brigitte.

Did you say....

We've been having beautiful days recently. Still quite hot but with a much cooler northeasterly breeze, hopefully autumn is on it's way. This makes for ultra blue, clear skies which I was hoping to capture in the wide expanses of El Morro, our favorite playground. So off we went.

They're doing some work on the lighthouse and the garritas now so we decided to go and check out the progress. It's quite a ways up the hill to the top of the fort. You can just see it in the background. Roxy's got her own personal air conditioning going on! Ears flipped out and tongue fully extended!

We make it to the top and both the girls check out the progress


There was a pretty stiff wind blowing which I think made me underestimate the heat index. Dogs don't sweat the way we do and they seemed to really be seeking out some shade at this point. There's not much shade to be had so we took just a few minutes for a couple more shots before heading home.

I really like this shot of Roxy. The contrast of her color and the cerulean blue of the sky is so striking.



This last shot shows a terrific view of the Atlantic, the cemetery and a good portion of Old San Juan.