Costa Rica/Engagement
Julia and I arrived in Costa Rica on Saturday. We traveled via bus and taxi to Dominical, where we've been staying at a beautiful jungle resort.
The surfing has been good. Although the second day I went out I broke a rental longboard on a fairly large wave that took me for an entirely different kind of ride. After that I bought an inexpensive shortboard that I've been spending time learning to ride.
Since we've been here we've done some hiking and taken a few tours. We hiked through a nature preserve and saw some monkeys, a sloth, a toucan, leaf-cutter ants, butterflies, and a coati. We also did a "tree climbing" tour in which we ascended through the secondary canopy and into the primary. We hung-out there for a while and took in the sites and sounds of the jungle. We were also given a nice bit of natural history of the area.
Today we went on a horseback tour in the foothills of the Talamancan Mountains. We were treated to breakfast and lunch. The highlight of the horseback ride was a stop at a two-tiered waterfall with a great swimming hole at it's base. A guide showed me a place to scale the waterfall that came out to a ledge about 20 or 30 feet up where one could jump in to the pool below (Julia was not interested in this).
After taken the plunge into the water I took another sort of plunge. I proposed to Julia under the waterfall. She did not expect this at all. I guess she didn't think that I would be dumb enough to have a ring in my boardshorts. Boy was she wrong.
Unfortunately, Julia leaves for Minnesota and school tomorrow. I will be starting my Spanish Immersion program on Monday. Look for some good pictures and more posting soon.
The surfing has been good. Although the second day I went out I broke a rental longboard on a fairly large wave that took me for an entirely different kind of ride. After that I bought an inexpensive shortboard that I've been spending time learning to ride.
Since we've been here we've done some hiking and taken a few tours. We hiked through a nature preserve and saw some monkeys, a sloth, a toucan, leaf-cutter ants, butterflies, and a coati. We also did a "tree climbing" tour in which we ascended through the secondary canopy and into the primary. We hung-out there for a while and took in the sites and sounds of the jungle. We were also given a nice bit of natural history of the area.
Today we went on a horseback tour in the foothills of the Talamancan Mountains. We were treated to breakfast and lunch. The highlight of the horseback ride was a stop at a two-tiered waterfall with a great swimming hole at it's base. A guide showed me a place to scale the waterfall that came out to a ledge about 20 or 30 feet up where one could jump in to the pool below (Julia was not interested in this).
After taken the plunge into the water I took another sort of plunge. I proposed to Julia under the waterfall. She did not expect this at all. I guess she didn't think that I would be dumb enough to have a ring in my boardshorts. Boy was she wrong.
Unfortunately, Julia leaves for Minnesota and school tomorrow. I will be starting my Spanish Immersion program on Monday. Look for some good pictures and more posting soon.
posted by Chris | 6:41 PM
4 Comments:
Congrats!! katie and andy
contrats!!!
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Aaron Peterson
Chris that is so exciting. It has been a long time since we have seen you. We were at the ceremonies at the high school when you came home. Glad all is going well.
Molly and Ryan
Wedding cake.
Pete
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