Had a great flight from MSP to San Juan. Enjoyed countless rumrunners during the 5 hr flight and was feeling no pain when we landed in the capital. The airport procedure was very painless as I had cleared customs the day before in Minneapolis and from the time we landed to getting on the van to Avis car rental was under 30 minutes. Only 1 other couple with me so had a car very fast. The security guy thankfully pointed out a couple war wounds on my Nissan Sentra that I never noticed that I imagine I may have been on the hook for on my return. He also gave me some quick directions and next thing you know I'm on a freeway searching for the area where I had booked in at the the Hotel Iberia, close to old San Juan. Eventually I stopped at a gas station and bought a map so I could figure out where the hell I was. Took me a bit to get my bearings straight but I finally got on the correct road and found my hotel, a small 2 storey place a couple blocks from the ocean. Got checked in and unloaded my car. Thankfully I got a parking place as they were very limited (4 spots, 15 rooms). Was not a 5 star by any means but very clean and AC worked. At 8PM it was still around 80F and I hate trying to sleep in the heat.
Went for a walk in the area to look for a place to eat and ended up in what i would call a casual local family restaurant. Decent food and reasonable price. Managed to slurp down a pitcher or Sangria, just because. After that I was quick to bed as I had a date with Magictarpon at 6AM.
Set the alarm for 5AM as even though I knew it wasn't a far drive to the marina where I was to meet my guide I wasn't quite sure of my directions. Sure enough I blew past the exit off the freeway and had to find an exit where I could get back going in the opposite direction. Finally did so but sure enough there goes my exit again . Another search for a turn around spot and this time made the spot OK. Pulled into the marina right on time, still dark outside. My guide was there waiting, just as promised. We said our hellos and jumped in the boat. First thing was to go and net some bait. Took a while to find them but eventually the livewell had a days worth of anchovies. Then a short ride up river, under bridges to get to the lagoon we would fish. I'll let the pictures do the talking.....
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