The Countdown Begins

The countdown has begun for our repatriation back to the United States. We will be returning to MN on Friday, May 20th, just in time for Brad’s graduation on the 22nd. Afterwards, we will probably be moving to CA and to start another adventure, but no details have been finalized.



So, last weekend we took two day trips. We revisited the places of our first two weekends when we arrived last June. On Saturday, we trekked through Alejuela back up the mountain to Poas Volcano. This was our third time to see this natural wonder and the weather was the clearest. After, viewing the volcano, we hiked up to the lagoon and then through the woods back to the visitor center. Poas remains one of my favorite sights to see.

On Sunday, we took the Caldera Highway down to the Pacific Ocean and to Playa Hermosa. After arriving at 8 am, we walked the long beach, watching the surfers and frolicked in the ocean for several hours. By the time, 1 pm rolled around it was extremely hot on the coast and in the sand and we were hungry.

Two memorable trips!



Poas Volcano




Poas





We started walking at the far end of the beach, where you see the
notch in the trees. This was our turn around point.




The rocky point  where we began our walk.