Thursday, June 13, 2019

Just a tad crazy!

I'm recently back from a trip to Costa Rica and just had to share what my sister, niece and I did.

But first, something quilty.

Sitting by the pool (Azura Resort, Samara), in the shade, a rum drink on hand and some EPP.   Got to have some hand work to do to keep me occupied and my hands limber.
Once back home, this is where this piece is at.  This project will be discussed more on a separate post.
Now, onto the crazy bit.  Do you see this?  Zip lining!  What the ..... My sister and I went with my niece on a day excursion so that she could zip line.  My sis and I had no intentions of doing anything like that.  So, how did it come to be?  We still don't know.  We were just going to do horse back riding, the water slide and the hot springs.  Zip lining was not on the cards at all.

We all did the zippy do da.  Eight runs in total.  For me, it was awesome and I would do it again.  On the last two runs, it started to rain and the wires were slippery and faster.  Here I am concentrating on braking on the last run.  What a day that was.  Something to cross of my bucket list, even though it was never on the list to do.  So, if a 68 yr. old lady can do it, you can too!
On our way back to the rendezvous place to switch buses, our bus broke down about 1/2 hr. away.  Our guide noticed there was a restaurant that we could easily walk to and wait there for our new bus.  So we walked with the temptation of a beer at the end of our walk.
A beer, some nachos and a view like this?  What more could we hope for?  We had just enough time to drink and eat and then our bus arrived.
On another excursion, we did a river boat trip.  We saw lots of birds, iguanas, a few monkeys and crocodiles.

Can you see this crocodile?  It is very well camouflaged.
 This one lunged at our boat.  We all screamed.  LOL
Back at our resort, we would see horses walking or galloping on the beach  They would be in packs or alone.  Just walking along making their way to a field beside our resort.  We did see a few on the road going to the town of Samara.


This time of year is the rainy season.  Where we were located, it would rain but late in the afternoon and on/off during the night.  The mornings were always sunny with some cloudy periods in the afternoon.  This photo is from our outside eating area and the rain was so intense that we couldn't see the beach.  It rained like this for about 15 mins. and then it cleared and so on.  After dinner, we would sit in the bar and watch the lightening and listen to the rain and enjoy our Bailey's.  A lovely way to wind down our day.
The sunsets were spectacular on the evenings when it was not raining.
That was my fun week in the sun.

Have a great day.

6 comments:

Kyle said...

You're looking good zipping along. It looks and sounds like you were in an awesome place for an adventurous vacation.

Jennifer said...

What a lovely peaceful place, rain and all......no wonder it is so green and lush! Now you can cross ziplining off your bucket list......*grin*

Teresa said...

Great pictures, thanks for saving. I like your EPP project.

deb said...

absolutely loved to see your adventurous side! it is great when you have a wonderful time on VK with family! thanks for sharing your wild side!

eloidastitches said...

WOW!! ...about you zip-lining! Looks like you had an amazing time, and a relaxing vacation with the beautiful views and creatures. Love the colours and look of your new project.

Kim said...

Hurray for the Zip Line experience...and the breakdown happy hour.