OUR RETIRED ADVENTURE
qUEREMOS VIVIR AL SOL
KSha
Costa Rica is amazing! Beauty abounds.
Panama is "home" for now. Loving life!
South America is next! Columbia here we come.
Costa Rica is amazing! Beauty abounds.
Panama is "home" for now. Loving life!
South America is next! Columbia here we come.
We needed a day of rest after completing the Cacique hill and circuit...what doesn't kill you, makes you stronger; right? Friday was an easy day relaxing by the pool, rainy afternoon changed our card plans to Saturday and I got to dive into my e-book checked out from the EP Public Library. This is the third book in the series that Josh started me out with for our trip. My senior teammates at the University of Nebraska planned a 40th year reunion for this weekend and would be honored at Saturday's game against Georgia Southern. I had been enjoying a lot of fun texting and pictures as the plans were made and the boys got together. Saturday morning beach walk to the south wall of Coco Bay; took us a touch over an hour. The pool, a late morning staple in our routine cooled us down before lunch. We headed into town for some supplies and Sha whipped up some chili after we returned; then we got ready to resume the CRST with our friends Marie and Lucie. We once again had fun and laughs as we played and were joined by 3 other friends they knew from Canada during the game. Partial English and a whole lot of French instructions had us all on "the same page". We made plans to meet back at Marie's place at 8 PM to go into town for music and dancing. Unfortunately the rains came down and didn't let up, so we cancelled as the ride into town on the golf cart (Lucie's) would not have been pleasant. The chili was fantastic for our dinner and we enjoyed a second relaxing evening at home; Sha on the TV, and I got to finish my e-book before we turned in. [Had sporadic updates on the UN football game during the evening, and was flabbergasted to see the final score. My teammates and the whole state of Nebraska were disappointed in the outcome; so much so that our head coach was fired the next morning!] The days begin pretty early at Sombras 203; Sha is usually up before the sun is at 6:07ish AM. She has been recently enjoying doing yoga at the start of each day while I am making sure the covers don't fall off the bed. Cocochitchat.com, the social media platform for expats to find out what is what had the Coconutz Bar & Grill showing NFL games staring at 11 AM (that's 12 PM in Chicago as Costa Rica does not change the clocks for daylight savings as in the U.S.). Beach walk to the north wall of Coco Bay got the blood flowing; again a touch over an hour and about 3 miles or so; and had time for the 3 S's before heading to town for the (hopefully) Bear's game. Upon arriving we were pleased to see the Bears game on the big projection screen; then they weren't playing well and we weren't glad it was on the big screen, and by the end of the game we were glad again. We had some beers and a pizza before we left to shop for dinner. We arrived home with our shopping bags about 10 minutes before it started pouring rain again. BBQ chicken and Lisa Marie's homemade fries turned out to be a wonderful Sunday night dinner. We enjoyed episode 4 of the House of Dragons on HBO and it was lights out by 9:30 PM. Today we headed off to the beach for our morning walk and went to the south wall again. Our walks have been coinciding with the low tide this past week. We saw the most beach sand we have seen since we arrived here. It also had activity that we hadn't seen before either. As we walked south we saw a group of 7 or 8 men probing the sand with what looked like homemade siphons made out of PVC pipe about 3 feet in length. We passed them and subtley tried to see what they were searching for...to no avail. When we got to the south wall, there were several women in the rocky outcrops that were above water due to the low tide, with hammers and screwdrivers chiseling into the rocks. Sha got close enough to see what they were doing and saw one woman chip out a chunk of rock where a large shell was, and then scoop out a hand-sized oyster! We watched for a few minutes as both women masterfully knew where to chisel out these large shells for the oysters that appeared encased in the rocks. We headed back and eventually caught up to the men with the siphons. NGG went right up to one of the men and asked what they were hunting for; he showed us his bucket and said "for fishing...red snapper". What we saw were little finger-length shrimp-like animals that had a claw on one end...interesting animals. They put the siphon in the sand and suck up the sand 2 times to see if anything is in the slurry. We both are not sure how they know where to search; but they had a lot in their buckets. The usual hour time frame saw us returned home to get ready for the pool. I thought I would share some other pics of our pool area to spruce up this post. It has been a cloudy day since we came up from the pool to have lunch. The temperature has cooled from 29 to 27 degrees celsius...I imagine another math lesson is necessary. Here you go: Fahrenheit degrees minus 32 multiplied by 5/9 equals degrees Celsius. Simple, right? Now you know the answer to the question you asked back in high school..."Why do I need to know this math stuff?"
Pura Vida!
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