A little R and R

Living in a tree house in the rainforest is as cool as it sounds. The transition from life in Portland, with schedules and busy jobs to life on the road wasn't as hard as we thought. Daily activities of living, ie. eating and having clean clothes become little adventures in themselves, not to mention keeping busy from navigating the over 10,000 miles tread by claudette's four wheels. Whew. 

But now Claudette is parked under a banana tree. And there is a bit more transition to slow down to tree house speed. We are almost there. Lots of practice in hammock time, surf time, reading time, coffee and cervesa drinking time, bike riding time, food preparation and eating time, and other general rest and relaxation times are required. We are learning much from the sloths that live in our tree. Just take it slow. 

Then there are the bugs. Lots of bugs. In about a week we have become near- experts on the multitudes of ants that will swarm anything with a hint of sugar on it. Ziplocks are your best friend in a tree house. The light to the bedroom must stay off at night with the door closed due to the curiosity of any number of winged critter ranging from the size of your thumbnail to your palm. Mosquito nets with the corners tightly tucked guarantee a good nights sleep sans unwanted guests. Don't mind the little termite wood poops littered in some very inconvenient spots, just go grab the broom. And always, always look before you touch. Bugs? No big deal! 

But I still get squeamish with the centipede-ish critters. Too many legs. Ick. And Brian may or may not holler like a schoolgirl if there is a big spider nearby. 

We hit 10,000 miles near Volcan Arenal! Whoo hooo!!

Chicken parmesan on the stove top. We might both be a little rounder when we come back.  

Evening in Puerto Viejo

Surfer dude!

I feel like im back in Portland with all the bicycles here!

Biking to the beach

Big jungle roots

A little read over the ocean

Cool natural bridge 

I cant describe in words how excited I am to have a real fridge again! Milk! Cheese! Cold beer!!

A happy little buddy under the sink. 

Where we spend a good portion of our time. 

Yum red snapper! Caught just hours before it hit my belly!!

New friends. As you can see we didn't have any leftovers.  Josh on the right even ate  one fish eye.  As a courtesy I wont post those pictures : )