Day Off

So yesterday was an awesome day. We don't have any therapy or injections on Monday's so we decided to take advantage of it and go on a tour. We have been lucky enough to have the same schedule as Robert and Julie, our friends from Texas. Our drivers name was Rudolpho and he was awesome. He doesn't speak very much english but we were able to get by with Mark's spanglish. He was a great driver which is very important here with all the crazy drivers, and he was very patient with us. He helped Mark in and out of the car everytime and pushed him at the different places since I was off in my own little world taking pictures. First we went to the Poas Volcano which was absolutley amazing. The pictures do not do it justice, because you cannot fully capture what we saw, but it was amazing. When we got up there it was completley covered with clouds and fog. You could not see anything at all and within about 10 minutes the fog had cleared up so we could see the crater at the bottom. It allowed us to take some pictures and within 10 minutes the fog was back and it was completley covered again. It was amazing. After we drove and stopped at a little fruit stand on the side of the road where they had some interesting fruit. We also stopped at a coffee shop since that is what Costa Rica is known for and I went crazy taking pictures. It was beyond beautiful. There were SO many flowers and they were all so different. So while everyone sat up top I went and of course was in my own little world once again taking pictures. It was awesome and the view from the coffee house was amazing. We then went to a typical Costa Rican place for lunch and it was great. They brought out a ton of food and the drinks we had were like smoothies and they were really, really good. After lunch we went into the zoo which was a lot of fun. We saw lots of fun animals and we all had a great time. Our last stop he took us to the Souviner shop where they make most of the souviner's. This was really cool because the wood work here was amazing. The wood was so cool and they had everything from jewlery, belts, chests, bowls, animals, everything, and of course they had all the other stuff from t-shirts, stuffed animals etc. It was almost overwhelming. There was so much stuff and it was all really neat. I could not believe some of the wood carvings. When we were driving out we stopped to take a picture of a guy who was actually working on something. It was really neat to see. It was an amazing day and we had so much fun getting out and seeing the country. We are hoping that we can set up another tour this weekend to get out and see some other stuff.

They call these the "Poor Mans Umbrella" because the leaves get so big. You just have to make sure you get one without holes!

Mark with a prickly fruit. I have no idea what it is called, but i decided prickly fruit was good enough name.

The view from the coffee house

They had such beautiful flowers. These ones were all over in oranges, reds, and pinks. I loved it

Eating our Costa Rican lunch

At the Souvenir shop

The had such beautiful wood carvings

Working hard on the carvings

Sweet black leather saddle. A horse in style!!