Green season doesn't disappoint.

Well, everything is green for a reason!

We've (mainly me) found a need to change our daily routines due to the considerably more rain that has been falling lately. With the sun rising at about 5:30 AM; Sha is still up and ready around 6ish... but the slumberer cannot afford to hit the snooze button anymore if we are to have some time at the pool. Coffee and tea can't afford to be lingered over for a slow easy morning--the morning walk needs to be addressed in a timely manner. If the sun is shining, we are off on our walk, usually an hour after the day has been greeted.

Last week Tuesday we walked around the Las Palmas neighborhood near us, that I've mentioned before. The neighborhood has individual condo unit groups with their own pools and areas. We saw a condo in one of these areas for sale online and made a special side trip to walk by it and take a look at the outside. We really liked the look of it and inquired at the realty office after the walk--but it was not for sale...(listing hadn't been updated I guess). We were able to get some pool time before lunch and chatted with Norm and Karen; as well as a little afternoon pool time before the rain clouds came in. Afternoon cribbage was on as the rain came down in earnest. Sha made a lovely spaghetti dinner for us that night.

We were on the beach early Wednesday morning for the hour, ten minute walk to the south end of our beach. The pelicans diving into the water for their breakfast is always entertaining to watch (I tried to get a video...but it's harder than I thought to pick the right time and keep them in the shot!). The pool came after a quick breakfast and a couple hours later lunch was followed by a couple of rain showers. Wednesday night at the Palms, a hotel just off the main road in "downtown" Coco, is Trivia night. Norm and Karen had gone last week and had a wonderful time and were going again and invited us to join them. We joined Karen's brother Martin and partner Cody, and two new friends that Martin scuba dives with for our team of 8. Sha and I shared a Cobb salad and a BLAT...bacon, lettuce, avocado and tomato sandwich, both of them delicious! We did our best and came in in second place, winning a $10 certificate that we used to have a celebratory shot before heading home.

Thursday we "didn't have time" for a walk and headed straight for the pool at about 9AM. An hour and a half later we came up to the condo to watch the J6 hearing on TV. Afternoon rain showers activated the CRCT, followed by a quiet dinner and a relaxing evening.

Friday morning appeared as if it would be raining soon, so our walk was cancelled and we enjoyed lingering over coffee and tea and a nice breakfast. Not long after breakfast the skies cleared up a bit so we headed for the pool to enjoy the sun while it was out. An hour later we were back upstairs as the clouds came back. We had made plans to go to one of our favorite places for dinner tonight, the Buzzed Monkey, because they were closing for two weeks and we wouldn't get another chance to go before we had to go back to the States. [You may have noticed I didn't say "home" here.] As with many places at this time of year, they close before the "high season" starts in November to remodel or take a break before the tourists and snowbirds arrive; November is the "end" of the Green season (rainy season). Per standard operating procedure, the cribbage board came along to the Buzzed Monkey and NGG took 3 out of five games, despite my best efforts. The tally after 100 cribbage games is BB-51, NGG-49. Sha celebrated her come back and had the nachos and I got the last order of smoked ribs! We made it home again before the evening rains began. Gonna miss the Buzzed...

NGG was back in true form as she spotted howler monkeys in the trees just off the beach Saturday morning as we were starting our walk!

The early morning moon was pretty cool as well!

We even encountered a new bird we hadn't seen before on the beach as well. We didn't get a chance to go to the pool on Saturday as the clouds packed in and the rains started before anyone could even lotion up. The "techno genius" found us the good college football games to watch on YouTube, so we had an at home day with leftover spaghetti for dinner.

​NGG needed a different adventure for our Sunday morning walk, so we headed back into the hills and neighborhoods southeast of town. We even got to do a little "jungle" hiking along the way!

As Sha was making lunch, an iguana was climbing up the tree outside our kitchen window to take a peek.

Our lunch was worth taking a peek at...cheese quesadillas with jalapeno peppers (me only) and black bean soup with onions, cheese and avocado!

Rain was on and off most of the afternoon and evening as we watched NFL RedZone (in english again!), had homemade chili for dinner and caught episode 9 of La Casa del Dragon to end our weekend.

Didn't want you to forget we are just across the street from the beach!

Food for thought...if Fred gets this guy, he'll be set for awhile!

We are under two weeks for our return...and no one here is happy about that!

We heard the first official snowfall at O'hare happened...crap, and I don't have a thing to wear.

​Pura Vida!