We rented a car to go to Santa Cruz to look for the part we needed and also to tour the island. There are flowers all over the island, especially the hydrangeas which line the roads and many of the agricultural and land borders.
The island is 17 km x 12.5 km so it was quite easy
to see the whole island in one day. We were lucky to have
a gorgeous day although it did get a little cloudy briefly in the afternoon.
No luck in finding the part in Santa Cruz and we continued on the tour of the island stopping for lunch in Ponta Delgada on the northern end of Flores. From an overlook above Ponta Delgada you can see the neighboring island of Corvo. From Ponta Delgada we went through the middle of the island stopping to look down on some of the lagoons.
We continued on to Faja Grande on the western side of the island, stopping at a working water mill on the way. The locals bring their corn to the lady who operates the mill and she returns it ground up. A horizontal paddle wheel turns as the the stream goes by, which in turn rotates the grinding stone.
We spent a little time walking around Faja Grande, another picturesque town before returning to Lajes via the small village of Mosiaairo. Justin and Josie must have gotten tired of all the stops we were making to take photos and fell asleep on this stretch of the road until we reached Rocha dos Bordoes. Vertical grooves stream down Rocha dos Bordoes, formed by basalt solidification.
We finished our tour back in Lajes, stopping at the grocery while we had the car so we would not have to make the climb and carry the weight the next day.
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