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.
You might have guessed it from the lead-in; no salsa dancing Friday night (Too bad 'cuz my salsa girl was ready to go!). But that didn't stop us from again enjoying the sushi at the Garden bar. Norm and Karen joined us a little later with their friends visiting them from Florida. We had a very nice time visiting and tried not to talk about too much "adult stuff" as it can get your blood pumping in the wrong direction. A quick "Pura Vida" reset the mood to perfection. I think Sha worked a deal with Teresa (our waitress) for the happy hour price on our wine. That good of a deal was hard to pass up; I might have forgotten to say, whoa. I greeted the day later than normal on Saturday; however no harm, no foul. A lazy Saturday morning breakfast; some fruit and avocado toast with an egg topper was excellent! We both decided that going for a walk today was overrated; so we passed and got ready for the pool. As we got in the water, I was hoping the clouds would break up and give a nice day. That hope was dashed as the rain began in earnest several minutes later. Norm was just coming out to walk his dogs (they have two) as the rain started. The pool cabana was our refuge as the rain came down. We caught quickly up on the day's activities-Norm updated us on his doings, as mine, to this point in the day didn't require a lot of explanation. As we enjoyed the rain, Norm asked us if we wanted to join him and Karen on a trip to Matapalo beach for the afternoon. Now, you may think that during a rain storm it may not be the best time to plan an afternoon at the beach; but you'd be wrong! "We'll show you some cool things in the area, and we think you'll love the beautiful beach. Plus if it's unpleasant at the beach we'll come back home". Well we couldn't pass up that offer, so we came upstairs and packed our beach bag and headed out a half hour later (rain was still coming down, but had lightened up a little). The Information Department didn't disappoint as we drove along the curvy roads in the rain. Karen pointed out the places to know as we drove, and what would be good to order at most of them. We got the directions, pointing out the roads for different housing developments, as well all the info that you don't find in the travel guides! Norm is quite good at missing the potholes and puddles that dotted the road along our path and navigated us like a pro to a dirt road that Karen pointed to for us to turn onto. You may recall that NGG and I have always loved turning onto the "dirt road" to find wonderful places. Turns out that Norm and Karen are of the same cloth! This dirt road didn't appear to have a clear destination until we saw a clearing in the trees and saw sky...then the beach and ocean! We continued on a tiny path along the beach and parked under some trees right on the beach! The below slideshow with captions gives you an idea of the good time we had! Norm and I shore fished, I snorkeled and spotted a stingray and a little sardine along the shoreline; also saw a fish about a foot long jump straight out of the water to a height of 10 or more feet and drop back into the water! Amazing! We all took a walk down the beach and ended the afternoon with our chairs in the sand with the incoming tide tickling our toes as we just sat and enjoyed the view. A stop at the MegaSuper to take advantage of sale items of the day on the return home was beneficial to us all.
Our day was not complete yet as the inaugural CRST (Costa Rican Shanghai Tournament) took place a few hours later that evening. Marie and Eric, who are owners in the adjacent building, their daughter Elise and Lucie a friend came over to "our place" for a card party at 7 PM. We had found out at the pool in previous days that Lucy was itching to play cards and so we organized a gathering. Sha previewed how much fun our family has playing Shanghai so we made sure we had enough decks of cards and the date was set. We taught, practiced, laughed, played and had a blast! Eric was the low champion with 40 points (darn good score-especially for a rookie!). Zero documentation was done by the blog-boy...chalk it up to nervous about hosting the card party. I will have a chance to redeem myself--everyone had so much fun that we will be gathering at Marie and Eric's condo on Monday for the second round! Well, after a slow start, we had a super great Saturday! Just a reminder...WhatsApp communication is free anywhere in the world! Pura Vida!!
2 Comments
Cindy
8/30/2022 11:58:23 am
Sounds like you have met some great friends. Do they know how competitive you guys are — game on!!! Matapolo Beach looks amazing. If I am correct there are some nice resorts close by to that beach.
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Linda Jones
9/2/2022 12:16:53 pm
You two look fabulous. Sounds like your fitting in with your surroundings. Enjoy your time there.
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