After arriving home from Granada; we had a day and a half before our next company arrived. Catherine and David are Victoria’s parents; and Catherine is Mike’s cousin.
Catherine has been reading my blog from the beginning; and a simple comment of “you look like you guys are having a great time” lead to them coming down for a week. They got to visit Victoria for a few days before she left.
Victoria was at a weekend concert that was a few hours South of here; so on Monday morning, the 4 of us went and picked her up. And then we headed to a whale park. Unfortunately we weren’t able to see any whales; but the walk along the beach was very nice.
After lunch; we headed over to another National Park and strolled along the beach for a bit; before making our way to the water falls.
On Monday afternoon, Victoria got the news that she had been patiently waiting for… her acceptance to the University of Western Ontario… so her mom treated us all to a delicious dinner at Lemon Zest. Congrats Victoria and we’ll see you in the fall once you’re settled in in London.
Tuesday morning we drove back down South to Manuel Antonio National Park; and within a few minutes of entering the park we saw a 3-toed Sloth. It wasn’t that far up in the tree; and it was just lounging… arms behind it’s head and it’s legs crossed… looked very comfy.
Spent the rest of the afternoon swimming in the calm, warm waters. On our way out we stopped and watched a whole bunch of monkeys. Mike had looked for them earlier; but no sign of them. So it was nice that they were there as we were leaving.
Found a nice place to have dinner and watch another beautiful sunset. Wednesday morning, we were up at 4:00 am and on our way to the airport by 4:45. It was Victoria’s last day… hard to believe that her month here was done already. We had a great time with her and have offered for her to come and visit again.
We stopped and had breakfast at Denny’s and then off to Poas Volcano we went. The drive was beautiful and the scenery was lush and green. It was very cool and windy up at the top; and for the first time since arriving here; I had long pants and a sweatshirt on : (( Mike also needed his wind breaker.
We hiked our way to the active crater and had beautiful views all around; then off to the older crater that was now a lake. The whole hike was roughly 2 hours.
Down the mountain we went and into the heart of San Jose! We were looking for the Central Avenue and after a bit, we finally found it. Parked the car, walked along for awhile; stopped for lunch and then took the old highway back to Jaco.
We made costillas and home made salsa for dinner. After dinner, we headed over to David/Catherines for some euchre. The cousins took on the out-laws and the cousins won all 3 games. We called it a night and were in bed by 9:30. It had been a long day.
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