Jack's Walk- the hike down

Hiking down is harder than hiking up in the best of conditions, but with the trail full of tree roots and slippery rocks, it was quite a caution.

Morne Bruce overlook

 When we got to the top, we were rewarded with the view we had come for – the Emerald Princess from the Morne Bruce overlook and the town of Roseau and the eastern coast of Dominica.

Jack's Walk

Finally, we found what we were looking for, a hike called Jack's Walk that leads up through the rainforest  to the Morne Bruce lookout overlooking the city.   Yes, I certainly thought a lot about Dad on the way up.  It was tricky and hot, just the sort of thing Dad would have loved to do.  He would have rounded up about 8 kids and led us up there on some grand adventure.

Dominica botanical garden

We were walking up (this entire island is very mountain-y, so you're always walking up or down) to the Botanic Gardens. We had visited there last year, but weren't really certain we had…it's not like it's a formal botanic gardens with well-labeled plants and trees.  More, it is like a big park.  Well, we approached it from a different direction this year, and, yes, we had, in fact, been in the right place last year.

We were greeted first by a huge banyan tree, and really appreciated its shade.

 We weren't really sure what we were looking at- nothing is labeled- but we did enjoy seeing plants that we've known only from the Home Depot tropical plant section back home.