We had a great time hanging out with Julie at home, and then we had the great fortune (namely Joe said it was a great idea) and Julie and I drove to our favorite beach, Esterillos Oeste for two nights. It was heavenly!
On the second day, we drove south to Manuel Antonio State Park, in search if monkeys. It says in the literature that all four types of monkeys that live in Costa Rica live in this park.
We went for a great hike, and saw one monkey... far away. We decided to head back to the car, where of course , we saw a ton of monkeys!
These monkeys are called Capuchins and they were all over the beach, looking for food. They would come right up to you. Almost like squirrels in the states. Crazy!
This is the beach in Manuel Antonio. Super different from the beach in Esterillos, just 45 minutes north. It was so warm and calm. We understand the attraction to this special place!
On the way home, we passed this place. I just had to take this photo for our friend Nicholas in Nederland, who is as whimsical and artistic as this sign is!
Julie and her partner Chris lived in Costa Rica last year for a couple of months. They had decided to photograph all of the bugs and creatures that they saw here. I thought it was an interesting idea. The night we arrived home from the beach, I had an opportunity to begin. Check out the size of this spider who decided to hang out on the door post of our bathroom!
On Julie's last day here, we went to the holiday show at the preschool that I work at. The school year is different here. School begins in Feb. for the year, and ends in November, then summer is December and January. So this show marked the end of the year for the kids and the beginning of summer. It was so cute!
Julie returned to the frozen north, and we decided to head back to the beach, this time with Cora!!!
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