It's our last day in Costa Rica, and we're beginning to feel a bit sad that we will be leaving soon. I will post more details of the trip when I get back home, but thought I'd take a moment now to post once more before leaving.

Since my last post, we went on a boat tour in the Pacific, saw dolphins, and did some snorkling. Catherine got a bit sea-sick because the ocean was so rough that day, but the boat tour people were very nice about it and made special arrangments for her. Rita, Regina, and I stayed on the boat to do some snorkling and watch the sun set on the boat. Catherine was able to make it back to the mainland to watch the sunset from a nearby hotel called La Mariposa. She took us back there the next night and there are some truly magnificent views from their patio.

In case you're wondering who Rita and Regina are, they are a couple of wonderful women we met at our hotel on our first day here, and who we pal'd around with every day on our trip. They were lots of fun to hang out with and the trip would not have been the same without them. They left Quepos this morning and are probably on the plane back to Los Angelas, CA as I write this. We were sorry to see them go, but we'll surely see them again someday.

Catherine and I also did a canopy tour, which meant zipping through the forest on lines, and repelling from high platforms in the trees. This was a bit challenging for me, especially with my fear of heights, but somehow I was able to manage. The zipping and repelling was actually the easiest part. The harder part was staying up on the high platform in the trees for a long time while the guides prepared us for the next zip. Because there were so many of us on those platforms together, I got a little nervous, but it ultimately passed. There was a photographer who took photos of us on the tour, and we got a CD of the photos, so I hope to post a couple of them soon when I get back.

Yesterday, we basically relaxed by the pool all day. We needed another full day's rest. We spoke to a frequent traveller to Costa Rica at the pool yesterday and he made us realize that our flight back to San Jose would not get us there with enought time to spare to get to the big airport and get through customs, etc. So we booked an earlier flight on a different airline. We'd heard that if we miss our flight, it could mean being stuck for as many as 3 days . . . on second thought, that may not have been such a bad thing!

This morning, I went for a hike and saw howler monkeys, white faced monkeys, some interesting birds, and many, many iguanas. We will have our final dinner tonight and be back in DC by tomorrow night. Talk to you later, and as they say in Costa Rica - Pura Vida! (Pure Life)

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