Cathy and Tim Mueller in Angels Camp: Day 10 cycling from Manati to San Juan

Today was our final day of cycling in Puerto Rico! We are thrilled to have safely accomplished our goal … circumnavigating this island. Tim saw that the wind would be picking up in the early afternoon so we thought we better get an early start on the day. We were the first ones for the provided breakfast that opened up at 7:00 and on the road by 8. We chose to take the most direct route which was hwy 2 … but somehow we got on interstate 22! We were only on it for maybe a half mile before we were stopped by a highway patrol letting us know that we were not allowed to be on the highway! OOPS!

Once on the correct roadway, for quite a while we had a smooth strip to ride on from where they previously had added underground conduit.

Sunday morning is time to congregate… we saw many church goers, groups of cyclist as well large gangs of motorcyclists. At one point the motorcyclists seemed to want a head start after waiting at the red signal. Many of them went around us and the cars that were still waiting for the green light. There was no cross traffic in the intersection, but having so many of them passing so close on both sides of us with their loud motors and even louder sound systems was quite alarming… even scary. The photo is different motorcycle group at a point when I could snap a photo.

We stopped at a coffee shop and were there for our 11:11 shot of the day.

We did it… safely navigated San Juan to our hotel, arriving around 12:30. The lobby was packed with people that had been on a cruise the week before and overnighted at the hotel before their flight. It was pretty chaotic. But we found a corner where we could remove our belongings from the bike (panniers, pedals, lights, seat, rack) so we could return the rented bikes to Robert in exchange for our suitcases. By 3:00 the exchange took place and we were in our beautiful top floor room overlooking the ocean.

A walk to the crowded beach was lovely, but we were interested in finding some rum tasting.

We tried 3 three different rums and thought Don Q 7 was best for straight style drinks and Don Q crystal flavored rums were awesome for mixing. I had an old fashioned with Don Q 7 and Tim had Don Q Coco and pineapple juice.