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 enjoyed the 4th by exploring the roads north of our home base in the morning. A great walk that took us to another town after about 30 minutes of walking. We realized that we went all the way to the north side of the crescent of the Samara Beach. We arrived at the beach during low tide and it was really cool to see how far the water was away from the shore. We could see where we entered the beach from our hotel and set off to return via the sand along the beach. It was going great until we came to a point where there was an inlet with more water coming in that was in our way to the sand to our destination. We began to ford through the waves that were hitting an outcrop of rocks until the depth changed and I wasn't sure it we should continue. Sharon found us a way up the bank and we looked for a better crossing point passed the rocks. We found a way down back into the water, about knee deep here and crossed. The changing tides are amazing to see and the power of the ocean is mesmerizing. We had a great day on the beach, and didn't miss not having fireworks! Then the blogger went down. Mucho sol. Too much sun for the bald guy! Had to spend the day in bed drinking CR's version of Pedialite. I did get to work on my spanish by watching movies, with only one english channel that had terrible choices-so didn't watch that one much. I forgot to mention that our front row parking spot at the hotel got us a flat tire on the rental. We saw it coming home from Saturday dinner. Phone calls and attempts to get support that night and Sunday ended up having us to get it fixed ourselves. So blogger down meant Sharon was left to deal with the problem. My girl is awesome, and your damn right the tire is fixed--as well as the spare which also had a leak. She took care of the UV overdose patient the rest of the day, and to the delight of all--or maybe just me--the blogger was back! The beach walk on the 4th had us pass by some areas that we wanted to go back and see more closely, so we navigated some new streets today. NGG was on high alert as we started down a muddy dirt road and she caught some old friends, the hooded vulture in trees along the road. We continued on and were amazed as we came upon a campground that was just off the beach. As we entered the campground and paused to marvel at the site, we heard a loud plop about ten feet ahead of us. Holy buckets of fire! We realized that it was 2 very large iguanas that had just fallen about 30 feet from the palm tree in front of us. Check out what NGG caught on this video! She also recorded the 2 of them scampering up the tree. We thought at first that they were fighting...but changed our minds... We also wanted to better document our water crossing, which the ones below give a better look. Needing to make up for the UV delay, we were off exploring after our morning adventure and went to Playa Carrillo to find some lunch. Playa Carrillo is CR's self-identified best beach and a local destination for vacations due to its peaceful/laid back vibe with no hotels or restaurants near it. You park off the road parallel to the beach and walk 20 yards through palm trees to the sand...it is like this for 2 miles or more. After a great lunch at a local soda, in town past the beach, we investigated every road we could find. Then we found a road that went up...I mean up. By the time we got to the top, it felt like we were on top of the world. Don't think our pics can convey the awe as we stopped to take in the scene. (I had to drive up in 1st gear half the time due to the incline, and came down the same way to keep the brakes from smoking!) What a day!
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