It is the marriage of the soul with Nature

that makes the intellect fruitful,

and gives birth to

imagination.
       - Henry David Thoreau

 

We took a short sweet walk to get some of the Sun before it became fierce. The rental car was ready and we took off for the rain forest. It would take a lifetime in study and patience to become a photographer in a tropical rain forest. I soon learned that it’s a macro world. It’s much too busy in there for me to capture what my eyes are enjoying. It’s a world of green and water and light.

We drove further than planned, and much further off the path than expected but it seems we always do this. The Volcanic switchback roads challenge even the local drivers. The vistas and villages rushed by in a frightening swirl. It’s a heady, green jungle place with a McDonalds around the next bend. Puerto Rico for us so far is an enigma within an Island. There is definitely more to be discovered tomorrow.

 

It feels really good knowing that I have escaped another huge snowstorm back home. I’m not rubbing it in or being smug. I am simply being appreciative for the time and space that I am lucky enough to be in, fully knowing what the alternative could be.