February 11
We feel a little guilty talking about our weekend at the beach when we know most of our family and friends are buried under a foot of snow but…
We spent the weekend quietly, visiting the local beach both Saturday and Sunday. On Saturday we ran into our guide from the National Forest, and he hooked us up with someone who could get us chairs and an umbrella. It was a very good deal, a big umbrella, two chaise lounge chairs and a small table for only 6,000 colones for the day. That’s just over $10. We were only there for 3-4 hours each day, but it was much less expensive than it would be at any of the beaches in Chicago. He was looking for us today and got us another great spot, this time under a tree which was even shadier than yesterday.
The water was bath water warm, and the waves were much bigger here than at Manuel Antonio beach from Friday. There were quite a few surfers out on Saturday but not as many today. Peter rented a boogie board both days and had a ton of fun frolicking in the waves. He said he thought he did a little better today because he didn’t swallow near as much water as he did yesterday. It’s the small victories.
Even with sunscreen Lynn got a bit burned. Not sure how that happened as she was only out in the water for 10-15 minutes at a time and then it was back under the umbrella, but it doesn’t take long down here.
Here’s a bit of the beach. It was a beautiful weekend. https://youtu.be/AzNsw-DQnkE
After we left the beach on Saturday, we walked for about 20 minutes back up the hill until we found a nice place for lunch. It had a beautiful view of the ocean and great food. Today we ate lunch on the beach from one of the beach vendors…. BBQ chicken on a stick. It was delicious.
We had several close encounters of the wildlife kind this weekend. Yesterday we saw a 2-foot lizard at the restaurant then in the evening we saw about 6 macaws. We’d been hearing them in the early evening but yesterday was the first time we had seen them. There are quite beautiful. Here’s a video Peter took. https://youtu.be/02fyWlLii2E
Then today we had some visitors at the guest house. About 5 squirrel monkeys came out of the trees and moved up the telephone wires right up to the house. Not sure what the incidence of squirrel monkey attacks on humans is but they just stared at us for a while then scampered back away.
Not much else to report; it really was a pretty quiet weekend. Tomorrow we’re heading to the marina for a half-day sailboat ride. Since we’re both a bit burned, we’ll have to be careful of the sun but we’re looking forward to it. Take care everyone…. stay warm.