HAPPY 20th ANNIVERSARY TO ME AND KEVIN!! My first treat of the day was Kevin setting me down, putting his arms around me, and then playing a video he had put together of photos taken over the past 20+ years of him and me together, with the music "Maybe I'm Amazed" with Paul McCarty singing. Nothing like starting your day off crying with happiness and "amazement" when you are loved the way I'm loved. And the way I love him back. OK, gotta stop this mushy stuff or I'll start crying again. Anyway, I love my Kevin!!!
I sat out on the deck and finally got photos of the Long Billed Hermit (hummingbird) along with a Golden Hooded Tanager (taken early morning with mist still out so looks foggy).
Today was a beautiful and sunny day, with fluffy white clouds. The Caribbean was sparkling and the water was amazingly clear (at least from the road it seemed that way). The rain waited until we got back to the house before it started. Scratch our sunset swim.
Today was Kevin's day to figure out where we would adventure off to, which ended up being Puerto Viejo first in search of a straw hat for him. No luck, but we did find a restaurant our Green Macaw tour guide told us about, "Flip Flop", which we marked for lunch. Next stop - Jaguar Rescue Center. Once inside and starting the tour, I thought I recognized the place, and yep, I did. I had watched a documentary on Sloths and how they rehab them for release, starting with "soft releases" where they gradually get them used to being on their own and to fend for themselves. National Geographic is coming there in November to do a documentary also.
The place was amazing. Snakes, American Crocodile, 2 Margays, Spectacled & Pootoo OWLS!, Common Black Hawk, Broad Winged Hawk, frogs, Camen, Spider Monkeys, Howler Monkeys, Capuchin, a Brown Pelican, baby squirrels, and SLOTHS!!! There was a basket of 5 baby sloths all sleeping together, except one of that bunch was pretty active and was crawling all over the place. One baby had pneumonia but was being treated aggressively by their vet, and was being kept isolated so as not to pass anything on to the other baby sloths. The owner and founder lives on the facility and is the one who gets up every 3 hours to feed the babies during the night. During the day, there are many, many volunteers who tend to the animals under her supervision. I thought I recognized the place and sure enough, I did. I had watched a documentary on how they rehabbed Sloths for return to the jungle. National Geographic is going to be doing a documentary on the place this November, so watch for that upcoming special for future watching. I know I will be watching it!
After the tour, back to the Flip Flop for lunch/dinner. It was "ok". The best part of it was a cat that wondered up and decided he liked us (much to the owner's dismay as she tried to shoo him away). And yes, we were bad and kept sneaking him tidbits of our meals.
We headed back to Manzanillo and ventured down a road that led us through the jungle and dumped us on the beach. We made a stop headed back to the main road, looking for Sloths and monkeys, when up above Kevin, maybe 15' up, were 3 Collared Trogon. They didn't seem to mind us photographing them.
Down the road again towards Manzanillo but first a detour on a road that we "thought" went over the mountain. Nope. Dead end. But we did find a tree house rental that was WAY BACK in the jungle. Maybe next time.
Back towards Manzanillo until I shouted "Stop! Howler Monkeys!" Out of the car with cameras in tow. I actually got a shot of one of them "tinkling".
Finally made it back to our rental house to start the process of downloading photos. I'm pleased to say I only took 806 photos today. Heard the fruit truck (just like the ice cream trucks at home, only fresh fruit) where I bought a bunch of bananas, a watermelon, papaya, and pineapple. The cost was 2,700 colones, which is equivalent to almost $5 US. Not bad, and fresh!
Well, I think that is about it for today.
Buenas noches.
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