La Isla de Puerto Rico y Boricuas

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Saludo de Puerto Rico.  A commonwealth and unincorporated territory of the United States.  Not sure what that really means.  It's a little confusing.  Distances between pueblos are marked in kilometers, but the speed limit is posted in MPH.  Someone born in Puerto Rico could in fact become President of the United States, but the people of Puerto Rico have no vote in the U.S. Presidential election.  Puerto Rico has a steadily declining population of 3.25 million, but there are around 9 million Puerto Ricans in the world.  It's referred to as the Puerto Rican diaspora.  It's been happening for some time, but accelerated after the two devastating hurricanes of Irma and Maria in 2017.  Irma was a category 5 hurricane that came close to the island, 10 days later Maria, a category 4 went straight through the country.  I heard someone talking that in the "eye" of a hurricane everything goes calm for a period but then the ferocity starts again and the wind changes direction.  Whether born here and stayed or moved away the people are proud to be Boricuas.
The Loiza Cocoteritos (little coconut trees).  Cost is $100 and includes a new uniform.  Practice is Tuesday, Thursday and two games on Saturday.  Everyone throws in $5 for the one umpire that stands in the field and then they take a picture together.
Besides a quick timeout to get the iguana off the field and seeing brightly colored parrots fly over, the game is the same.  Practice at el parque en Loiza and the walk over to the field.
Not sure where Marten is testing out in math right now(pictured deeper in the Coco trees) but he's having a good time in the fort he built by the beach.
Field prep on Friday.  The people in communities everywhere who you'll never know, making sure fields are ready for the kids.  World class 18U baseball tournament at Hiram Bithorn Stadium in San Juan.  Here, Deutschland warms up to take on Aruba. 


Oceano Atlantico en northern Puerto Rico near Loiza.  Hacienda Lealtad coffee plantation en el Central Montanas near Lares.  A fisherman working his net down Rio Espiritu Santo in the Rio Grande province.
A baby lizard on its back in a pistachio shell with a leaf stuffed in it's mouth so it would quit biting at Dean's finger?


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