January 18, 2016

Costa Rica - Day 1

We arrived in Costa Rica on Sunday afternoon after a very long day of travel.  We had a great driver who gave us a lot of history from the drive from San Jose to Jaco.  We stopped about an hour into the trip at the Crocodile Bridge.  There was a small fruit stand where we picked up smoothies, plantain chips and a cold adult beverage!  The river below the bridge contains about 3,000 crocodiles, they were huge.  I did not get any pictures as I did not go on the bridge, it was pretty high.  After that stop we took at quick break in Jaco to grab essentials and then onto the house.  We all need to hit the water after a long day of travel and it was off to the beach!  The water is very warm but it gets dark extremely early so we were back to the house for dinner and bed.  Our first full day here was spent at the beach, pool, house, beach and pool again.  Another quick trip to the grocery store and dinner.  A great time had by all on the first day!
We walked into the house to see this guy...luckily he is stuffed but he gave us a start!
First day in the ocean
...and the pool
Most of the kiddos
View from the beach
The sand is almost black and you can see your reflections in the wet sand
Swimming in the waves
She is so content to do her own thing
Afternoon boogie boarding
A group of pelicans flying over Jon
Finding live Sand Dollars...kept the boys busy for quite a while
Girls boogie boarding
Quinn wanted a little help from Dad
Dad & Daughter boarding
Off they go again...
Hurt her foot, little pep talk from dad
Most of the family.  The sun was setting and it was only about 4pm, dark by 6pm!
View from the pool to the beach
We found this guy in a vacant lot about 50 feet from the house...
Banana or Plantain tree (not sure which)