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Nathan getting the hang of his quad:

First River trip of the 2008 season

We went down to Mexico for our first spring river trip. The weather was nice, if a bit warm, but it felt great. We all got a bit burned, despite the sunscreen. Nathan enjoyed splashing around in his kiddie pool, riding on Aunt Becky's golf cart and enjoyed a brief ride on daddy's minibike. He spent most of his weekend running to and touching the bikes. Must mean he is ready for his own!

Kids Groovin to Pinback

Nathan and Kory had a blast hanging out and listing to music while wading in the pool down at the river this weekend.

Nathan Starting to Enjoy His Quad

At the Airport in San Jose

Our last day in CR was spent having breakfast at Jungle Surf Cafe, a quick swim in the pool and then packing up and driving to San Jose to fly home. We spent the night in SJ and then headed to the airport in the morning. There was guy playing the guitar at our gate and Nathan was putting on a show for everyone by dancing. The guy was really sweet and sat Nathan on the chair and let him play the guitar. It was really sweet. The flight home was difficult. Nathan did not want to sleep much and wanted to be down and about. The only thing that kept him happy for long periods of time was snacking, but you can't very well let a kid his size eat for 4 hours straight. Once we landed at LAX, we found that Brian's surfboard and our large suitcase weren't going to be in until 1.5 hours later. So once we got our bags and on the road it was almost 3 hours later. We finally got home to SD at 10:30. Nathan spent several hours napping yesterday and sleeping last night, so we are hoping he is caught up on his sleep. All in all it was a great trip and we can see ourselves going back again!

Costa Rica Day 6

This was our last day at Hermosa. We drove to the Marriot at Playa Herradura for some lunch and then swam in the maze of pools for a bit just to relax before the end of our trip. That night we just hung out and cooked dinner at the bungalow and watched the sunset while Nathan ate sand yet again. Do they ever learn?

Hermosa Sunset


Los Suenos Marriot Playa Herradura

Costa Rica Day 5

The fifth day of our trip, we headed out to a spot north of Jaco called the Pura Vida Botanical Gardens. It was a nice walk around some rainforest, flowers and there were views of the ocean and several waterfalls. Then we headed up toward Caledera to find Boca Barranco, one of the longest longboard waves, but we were unsuccessful. On the drive back to Hermosa, we stopped at the bridge over the Rio Tarcoles and saw several cocodrilo's (crocodiles). That night we had dinner at the Jungle Surf Cafe, which had awesome fish dishes for cheap...I think the two of us ate for under 25 dollars. They don't serve drinks, but are totally cool with BYOB.

View from our Bungalow


Rio Tarcoles





Pura Vida Gardens