Horseback waterfall adventure day! The group gathered together for our trip ( Luna Sea, Blackbird, Ladybug, and us) and anxiously awaited the arrival of our luxury coach van to the mountains of the DR. We loaded into our van with the frilly curtains and we were off to the races! Well to the ranch anyway! The owners of the ranch were very friendly had some really cool stuff to show us. Hot cocoa and other samples of drinks they had. They also farm chocolate or cacou, it’s a really cool process. There are a lot of cacou trees in the mountains. On to the horses! I saw them and thought wow what scrawny horses but these mountain horses were stout and really sure footed( like mtn goats) getting us through those rocky muddy and narrow trails!! When we got to the falls stairway we had a small stairway hike to the falls. Of course at the top there were people set up with trinkets and gifts of all kinds. This is in the mountains remember. So we hiked to the falls and it was gorgeous. Steve and I got into the water and swam behind the waterfalls, and that was cool! Everyone had a great time. I actually made it back up those thousand steps😂. I got a new horse and we ran back to the ranch for our meal cooked and served right there. It was delicious! We made our way back to the marina by way of a really nice grocery store and went through the town by the beaches. What a great day!

Today we took a trip into Samana City with s/v Blackbird ( Lyle Jocelyn Micah And Jayce). I hope I spelled the names correctly! We called up the ole van taxi and headed over the hills and through the streets to the city. The city is filled with open storefronts streetside vendors and motorcycles everywhere. The van driver let us off at a restaurant that served really good food. Usually it’s their family or friends that own the places they take you too. The menu was in Espanol so Lyle informed us that our Google app has a little camera to the right side of it and you can take a picture and hit translate and BOOM no problem reading the Spanish menu! Thanks Lyle! The view over the bay was awesome, as we sat and watched the boats picking out the one that belonged to the guys we met at the Samana marina restaurant the day before. After that we walked around town and found Micah a playground! We sat and watched the people around us and took in the activities going on. We could hear loud noises and cheers close to us. It was probably a campaign rally! For real, they drive around with big speakers in their trucks loudly proclaiming their candidate of choice! As we walked along the scene changed from one of partly closed stores to what looked like a tourist area. Gift stores, pharmacy and tours. We walked to the SAMANA town sign and called for our taxi to come pick us up. What a cool day it was. The dog at the city sign wanted to go with us😢.