Mr. & Mrs. Vandebilt + kids

We haven’t really done much the past few days. We were basically disconnected at our tree house – no cell reception or wifi so we set out our first morning to see what we could see. We did a little tour of the area and surrounding beaches and stumbled upon a surfing competition. We grabbed some snacks from the grocery store and set up our picnic. Jacob and I even had a mojito made out of a backpack while we watched.

We decided to check out our local beach for the afternoon. The kids had fun playing with another family that they quickly made friends with. The game got rained out before too much fun could be had and we headed home for the evening.

The next day was basically the same. We headed into town and found a beach with a break that made for some nice little swimming pools for the kids. We enjoyed the sun and the view for the morning before lunch.

We headed back to our local beach for a walk in the afternoon since it had clouded over. We even managed to find a sloth hanging out in a tree above our car. The kids and Jacob set out on a frog hunt as soon as it turned dark. Charlie especially was loving the adventure.

We had been settling into a nice little routine in what was my favourite area of CR so far. The rainforest was pretty. The beaches are wild but gorgeous. The kids were enjoying the animals. Then the rails kind of came off. Sunday night it started pouring. We had definitely had some rain the previous two days but not like this. It rained, and I mean rained, for 36 hours straight. By the end of it everything we owned was soaked. Turns out not having any real “inside space” means that we are basically living outside, in both rain and shine. Now the rain itself wouldn’t be so bad, but we have no wifi, data or iPad AND Jacob got sick. With no sign of the rain letting up we packed up Tuesday morning (in the pouring rain) and changed our plans. Again.