Another somewhat lazy morning listening to the rain. Yes, it has rained every day. I guess this is what we get for coming during wet season. But I will say... It hasn't interferred with too much and the rain is actually very refreshing.
Before heading on our way to our tree house in Uvita today, we had to backtrack a little to head out on the zip line our friend Brent recommended. Spencer was a little off today. I'm wondering if it was because last night he had a bit of a headache and the only thing I had was Tylenol PM. He slept plenty so it should have worn off by morning. He needed to sit down a lot and was just "off". That is so not like him! He still enjoyed the zip line and even hung upside down for one of the lines. Me?! I was too chicken!! I'm glad he did though! It was fun to see the photo after. However, we decided to save out $22 and not purchase it.
Remember I said the rain hasn't really interferred?? Well, Today is one day the rain somewhat did. Our plan was to meet a family we had met our first night here. They were from Chicago and had two boys... 1 and 2 years older than Spencer. We were going to meet the Olsons at Manuel Antonio National Park to spot some monkeys and sloths. I had been in concact with Julie and she even recommended we skip it. They had been there two hours already and she said they only saw one monkey. I almost went just for the one monkey!! I will be disappointed if I leave Costa Rica without a monkey sighting! We still drove through Manuel Antonio and talked about meeting them for a bite to eat but Spencer was still not himself and... It was pouring and we wanted to get to the Flutterby House before dark so we continued on.
I had checked my email before leaving and got a message from the Flutterby house letting me know a bridge was out and we needed to take a detour. The detour was barely a car width wide!
Nothing better than some off-roading!! We've had the opportunity to do a lot of that here... Even some of their good roads are like off-roading! It's been fun driving! Reminds me of some of the roads we encountered in Iceland!
Only one missed turn and we found it! What a unique and interesting place! They are very "green". Everything is recycled or composted. All the food is organic and local. They have a decent menu but also have a kitchen if you want to make your own food.
Here is our place for the night! A tree house!! How fun!! Spencer thought it was awesome when he saw it! He's never slept under a bed bug net... This trip is full of new experiences!
They also have a rock climbing wall.
We sat down for dinner and a refreshment.... Happy Hour jungle juice at 5 until it runs out for only €1000 which is less than $2. And yummy! Spencer had a Spunky Monkey smoothie which was milk, banana, coffee and cocoa. He found it delicious.
Dinner was pretty amazing as well... Spencer has a bacon sandwich, I had chicken and chips and salsa on the side. They have some green spread on the sandwich which is to die for! And the chips and Salsa were amazing. I'm fairly certain I am going home with a few extra pounds.
I ended my night with a corona and lime but my line was a mandarine lime which is so amazing! I wonder if they will let me bring some home?!
Spencer rounded off the night with some Costa Rican ice cream which comes in a bag... He thought it was ok, but not the ice cream he was hoping for.
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