February 13
Pura Vida (good life) everyone. We’ve had a couple of great days. Yesterday (Monday) we took a catamaran out into the ocean, stopping for some snorkeling. Compared to the snorkeling we did in Hawaii and Key West; this wasn’t really much. Actually, it was a bit comical as the tourists from 4 different boats (yours truly included) all headed for the one rock where we could see fish. It wasn’t a very big rock, so everyone kept crashing into each other trying to see the hand full of fish that were there. We saw some pretty ones, but we only stayed out there a few minutes before heading back to the boat. After that, we just played in the water for a while before going back on board to go down the slide into the water. Lynn did what Peter called the “baby slide” because she slowly inched her way down about half-way before finally letting go. But she did it twice so that should be equal to one big slide, right? After that we had a delicious lunch on board before heading back to the marina. All-in-all it was a very nice way to spend a morning. We were back to la casa by 1:30 and we both took a nap…. too much sun and open bar.
Then today we did something we’ve talked about doing since we arrived in Henderson Nevada the first of November….horseback riding. We had opportunities in both Nevada and Arizona but never got around to it. So, we booked a Rainforest Horseback trip on Viator. It has been many, many, many years since either of us was on a horse but we thought it would be fun. It was, but Lynn had forgotten how bad her knees have gotten since the late 80s which was the last time, she rode a horse. After about 90 minutes of riding, we got to our destination, a beautiful waterfall in the rain forest. Getting off the horse was harder than getting on and it took several minutes before Lynn’s knees would work properly. Our cowboy, Gilberto, lengthened the stirrups so the return part of the trip was a little easier on her knees.
Peter’s horse was Diala, and Lynn’s was Guapa. Diala was much more behaved than Guapa, who always wanted to be in front and she didn’t care how she got there. A couple of times she crashed Lynn into tree limbs and other horses to get to be in the lead. She also broke into a trot at will but luckily, she would go back to a walk after a few seconds. Lynn’s phone ran out of juice before we got to the waterfall so no pictures of that, but we did get a couple of us during our ride.
Once we got back to the ranch we had a delicious lunch before riding back (in a van…thank goodness) to Quepos. It was a fun way to spend the morning but we can now cross horseback riding off our list of things to do. Once was certainly enough. Back at the house it was time for another little nap. We don’t feel too bad right now but are dreading trying to get out of bed in the morning.
Tonight we’re packing up the little house because we’re heading to San Jose tomorrow to drop off the car and sightsee around the capital before heading home (well actually Tampa) on Friday. We’ve got reservations at the Doubletree Hotel and it will be nice to be able to put the toilet paper in the toilet instead of a waste basket….it’s the little things.
Talk with you soon. Love…..us