Costa Rica - One More Time

Well, vaca is technically over and Saturday is our travel day which I always dread, not because of the actual travel but in the realization that our vaca is over and soon we will be back at the grind. I'm going to miss this.... Per my usual perfect timing I have scheduled our flight back to fall smack dab in the middle of the Bruins game, which of course I could  not have predicted since I booked these tickets a while ago but it does seem that my timing is impeccable for this. We have a layover in Baltimore and we do get to catch the first period which let's face it, is all we really need to see of Game 3 to know that the B's have this one. The travel day itself is not bad and the only issue we run into is on our way home from the airport. You see, Dave has a habit of only using his blinkah when people are around. He claims that he doesn't have to use his directional when no one is around to see it and we have had many "discussions" on the topic over t...

Yes, but that's getting ahead of myself a bit. Friday is another day that starts off with a lot of sunshine and promise. It seems that the storm that was stalled out in the Pacific has moved on and the weather is getting better every day, too bad this is our last full day here in CR. Today takes us back to Ocotal beach for plenty of sun, sand and swimming - well floating really but you know what I mean. It is almost high tide and the beach has very few people so we pick a tree and hang our stuff up and go in the water. After a quick little swim we're back on the beach and can hear the howler monkeys nearby. I'm not sure if I've mentioned this before but I love monkeys, especially the howlers. I can easily watch them for hours. We walk towards the noise to see if we can catch a glimpse of them and sure enough there's a few of them in the trees. Straight ahead there are 2 monkeys on separate branches just hanging out. Slowly one comes down and stops next to the b...