Cora always says we have a daily dose of danger when we travel. Well, we used a week of that up yesterday. Our hostel has motorscooters you can rent really cheap. We paid $6 for two scooters for two hours. The deal is, we are in the mountains and the motorbikes (as they call them here) are a bit big for me.
So we thought it would be good for Tate to ride with me. Wrong! It was too much weight for me to handle on turns so we crashed. It was a spectacular crash too. We went into the gravel, the seat came off the bike, and I was pretty bloody after. Shaken up too. We thought we might have to quit but Steve took Tate for a spin and they were fine so we carried on. Bless Cora for jumping on the bike with me without blinking an eye even though I had just laid the bike down. We spent our two hours driving around the mountain roads and looking at amazing vistas and many coffee plantations. Not many pictures though. We only had the two hours and with my short legs stopping the bike was difficult so we just rode the whole time.
After lunch we had a tour booked to go horseback riding and to the hot springs. We were driven out to the ranch in an open air jeep and, again, got to see some amazing vistas of the town. Everytime we have seen it though, weve been moving so no picture. I just have to keep the images in my head. Our guide was John and he spoke perfect English with no accent. He had lived in the states for a while. We really enjoyed spending the day with him.
The horseback riding was not the most beautiful we have ever done, but we did have a good time, learned a lot from John, and he even let Cora gallop a bit. John really got a kick out of the kids having such a great time.
After the horseback riding we went to the Caldera Hot Springs in the jeep. It was a crazy road and we were happy to be in four-wheel drive. Where the road ended we had to walk down a very rocky path. It was not good for Steve. The springs were nice though. Very hot and there was a cold river next to them so we got to go from hot to cold to hot, which is so good for the muscles. The caretakes of the area have a pet spider monkey and he came to visit.
The kids had a lot of fun playing in the rapidly flowing river with rounded rocks.After an hours in the springs we headed back and a rainbow formed over one of the mounains during our drive. We were exhausted when we returned. We cannot do justice to how great this day was, crash and all.
While sitting around talking to the people at the hostel we found out that there is going to be a baseball game in David tonight. Apparently baseball is big here and the crowd is very rowdy. This should be an interesting time because it is a playoff game. We were supposed to go to Bocas del Torro today, but that´s the beauty of traveling without a schedule.
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| Cora said ¨Which one do I get to drive?¨ |
So we thought it would be good for Tate to ride with me. Wrong! It was too much weight for me to handle on turns so we crashed. It was a spectacular crash too. We went into the gravel, the seat came off the bike, and I was pretty bloody after. Shaken up too. We thought we might have to quit but Steve took Tate for a spin and they were fine so we carried on. Bless Cora for jumping on the bike with me without blinking an eye even though I had just laid the bike down. We spent our two hours driving around the mountain roads and looking at amazing vistas and many coffee plantations. Not many pictures though. We only had the two hours and with my short legs stopping the bike was difficult so we just rode the whole time.
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| The elbow is bloody, the knee got a goose egg and dark bruise |
After lunch we had a tour booked to go horseback riding and to the hot springs. We were driven out to the ranch in an open air jeep and, again, got to see some amazing vistas of the town. Everytime we have seen it though, weve been moving so no picture. I just have to keep the images in my head. Our guide was John and he spoke perfect English with no accent. He had lived in the states for a while. We really enjoyed spending the day with him.
The horseback riding was not the most beautiful we have ever done, but we did have a good time, learned a lot from John, and he even let Cora gallop a bit. John really got a kick out of the kids having such a great time.
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| Our horses: Gordo, Nina, Busky, and Alessandro |
After the horseback riding we went to the Caldera Hot Springs in the jeep. It was a crazy road and we were happy to be in four-wheel drive. Where the road ended we had to walk down a very rocky path. It was not good for Steve. The springs were nice though. Very hot and there was a cold river next to them so we got to go from hot to cold to hot, which is so good for the muscles. The caretakes of the area have a pet spider monkey and he came to visit.
The kids had a lot of fun playing in the rapidly flowing river with rounded rocks.After an hours in the springs we headed back and a rainbow formed over one of the mounains during our drive. We were exhausted when we returned. We cannot do justice to how great this day was, crash and all.
While sitting around talking to the people at the hostel we found out that there is going to be a baseball game in David tonight. Apparently baseball is big here and the crowd is very rowdy. This should be an interesting time because it is a playoff game. We were supposed to go to Bocas del Torro today, but that´s the beauty of traveling without a schedule.
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