Red Rocks

Red Rocks

Sunday, May 25, 2014

Costa Rica Adventure continues...

Worked Wednesday, then drove to MPLS arriving at Holly and Jason at 11:30. Up at 2:15, left for airport at 3:00, park and fly got us to terminal by 3:30, just had time to catch 5:00 flight to Houston. Fligfht delayed 1 hour due to no crew so into San Jose an hour late. After very slow Customs process we were met by Fabian who drove us to Our hotel outside of La Fortuna at the base of the Arenal Volcano. Marvelous house with private pool and lots of space and air conditioning. Fri day morning we went zip lining in the cloud forest. Like skiing, etc. weight is a hugw factor in speed. There were a couple of times I wondered about the sound barrier but apparently never exceeded 60 or 70 mph. And then there was stopping. I had full friction on the brakes for the last 100 meters and still slammed into the safety wall. I think the crew was a little surprised and the next 5 trips went better. That night we dined in La Fortuna after a fun shuttle ride with some of the staff who were going home for the day. Great food and a trip to the supermercado and home again. Saturday we went to a very fancy resort called The Springs. We toured the animal sanctuary, sat in many different hot springs, ate lunch, went kayaking in the Arenal River (where I was the only one who flipped in the rapids- just bruises, no injuries. Tami and Luke finished the afternoon with a long horseback ride. We spent the late afternoon and evening in the hot pools, watched the steam rising out of the volcano, and then ate a delicious supper at the Perdido Bar hosted by Donal the bartender. Wonderful day, and then a short ride back to our hoterl where we all crashed. This morning (Sunday) Hunter, Luke, and Will are off on a 25 Km mountain bike ride that looked like way too much work for the Papa. Tams and I are having a recuperation morning. If I can get my iPhoine Wi-Fi to work I will post a few pictures. Tami has lots on Facebook.