We have decided to stay in Salinas a little longer, since it is so close to the hurricane hole in Bahia de Jobos where we tucked in for Hurricane Dean. Another hurricane, Felix, has since passed through the Caribbean hitting a sparsely populated area of Central American. Some of the locals there, Miskito Indians from small fishing villages, had to flee in canoes (!)

On Labor Day weekend, we attended a local minor-league baseball game in town. The sport is very popular in Puerto Rico which has supplied many players to the major leagues including Roberto Clemente, Orlando Cepeda(SF Giants), and Bernie Williams from San Juan, currently with the Yankees.

The enthusiasm that a Puerto Rican crowd brings to an event like a baseball game can hardly be described. There were homemade noise makers, cowbells, drums, whistling, and singing enough for a crowd ten times the maybe 300 people in this small town stadium. We really had a good time, even though the home team lost.