On Sunday, we packed up and began the second part of our Costa Rica adventure. We left La Fortuna in the north and drove about 4 hours south to Esterillos Este, a beach on the Pacific Coast, about halfway between the beach towns of Jaco and Quepos. I think we were all pretty ready to … More Moving on
Happy birthday to Danny! He turned 46 today during our last day in La Fortuna. Unfortunately, we also got some sad news for Darcy. She has swimmer’s ear and can’t be underwater for a few days. She told us her right ear was hurting on Thursday morning and so we gave her some ibuprofen before … More The Birthday and the Bummer
Our first Costa Rican hike! This morning, with a packed lunch and wearing our sturdy sandals, we ventured to the private reserve just below the Arenal National Park, about a 20 minute drive away. For a small fee, we were able to hike a 3 mile loop that included a lagoon, forest and lava field. … More Arenal 1968
The sound of torrential rain on the metal roof of our house woke everyone this morning, except Zoe. We’ve had some strong showers during our visit so far, but today was the most prolonged rain. It poured until about 10 am. Danny decided to take a run to El Salto and returned in yet another … More Rain, rain and more rain
Animals, animals, animals! Today we took a guided tour at Mistico Hanging Bridges Park. We spent about 2.5 hours on the tour with Yarihda and another family of four. Our guide pointed out as many animals as possible and allowed us to use her scope to view and photograph each animal. We saw hummingbirds, a … More Mistico Hanging Bridges
We had so much fun at the Baldi Hot Springs resort today. Thanks for recommendation, Jamie! This resort has 25 pools and several waterslides with heated water from the Arenal Volcano. The pools are hottest at the top of the resort and decrease in temperature as you go down. We were able to get a … More Baldi Hot Springs
This morning we got an early start, to try to beat the crowds at La Fortuna Waterfall, which is just a few minutes from our house. At the overlook, we saw someone zip-lining over the waterfall, which looked pretty fun. We then descended over 500 steps to the base of the waterfall. It started raining … More Hot and Cold
Today started early, as we were all experiencing some jet lag. We started off with breakfast on the patio, including the pineapple we bought on the way to La Fortuna. Danny went exploring for a bit, just down the road from our house. Patricia arrived to clean the pool and I got a chance to … More Getting settled in
This morning we left the U.S for our second international trip, this time to Costa Rica for 19 days. This was the trip we had started to plan back in 2016, but the zika virus encouraged us to visit Iceland instead. Our day started 6:30 am as we arrived at BWI airport for our 9:05 … More And we’re off!
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