Tuesday Tell-Tales.

I think we’re good for about a week, wouldn’t you agree? ;))

Don’t worry, there are a few jugs of waters mixed in ^^there^^ too. And yes, we have a tiny diet coke addiction on this boat. We are now presently stocked with 224 cans. And a few two-liters. Phew! I can rest easy.

And speaking of packing out cars with diet coke, I’m pretty sure we’ve now driven just about every model of ultra tiny rental hatchback available from the Enterprise in Mayaguez. Aka the cheapest available option. ;))

We drove our Nissan Versa rental two and a half hours across the island (and back) the other day to pick up our much-needed dinghy hypalon patch + glue in San Juan. After searching high and low, I was pretty surprised that we actually found the dinghy fix ins at not one, but TWO spots in San Juan.

We first hit up PR Caribe, a dinghy repair shop, because we suspected they had the goods we needed all along, but they just weren’t willing to ship them over to us. And low and behold, they ended up having a little hypalon repair kit that included a hypalon patch and the 1-part glue (as opposed to the two-part glue product Jer was after). We went ahead and bought that kit for $25 and then drove over to West Marine to check out what they had in stock. Turns out, West Marine had the same repair kit, but for three and a half times the price as PR Caribe (total ripoff!). They also had the two-part glue we wanted! So we ended up just buying more glue. Whatevs.

And somehow during all of ^^that^^ crazy fun, the West Marine we ended up at in San Juan was (no joke) literally ATTACHED to a Starbucks!!!!!!!!!!! Sorry if this is old news to anyone who follows us on Instagram (since you probably already saw my photo), but I can’t help but mention how insanely happy I was to enjoy a delicious pumpkin spice latte!!! It was about freaking time.

We also totally stocked our pantry and fridge this weekend. Thanks to our trusty rental car! Yesterday, we made fresh burgers on the grill with gorgonzola/avocado/+onion-garlic-jam toppings. Let me tell ya, that was a winner winner burger dinner!!! So after those killer burgers and the coconut crusted mahi recipe last week, I’m pretty amped to try more fun recipes. Maybe these spicy potato wedges with lime dipping sauce (but with sweet potatoes) or perhaps this creamy sriracha-lime-and-cashew fettuccine. We shall see.

Okay this is random, but did you know that restaurants in Puerto Rico do NOT put salt and pepper on the table! What is up with that? We’ve been to at least 10 different restaurants and they share the same philosophy. Even the total American restaurants like P.F. Chang’s where I asked the waitress for salt and pepper and got a tiny ramekin of mixed salt and pepper. Um?????? Like our waitress had to go back into the kitchen and pour it out of the big bulk containers for me. Crazy, no?

Anyhoo, we are back to being car-less today with a few more boat projects (and hopefully a few fun outings) up our sleeve later this week!

Happy Tuesday!

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