Travel day to La Fortuna

 We said goodbye to our treehouse this morning and hit the road for the La Fortuna, a few hours drive to the east in the shadow of the Arenal volcano.  The only road was a windy one through many mountains and around a big lake.  The kids in the middle row all quickly dozed off, while Oscar stoically played candy crush on his dad's phone in the trunk seat.

Penny woke up and was briefly energetic, before getting car sick and throwing up all over herself. 

After a quick pit stop to change clothes and another stop at a peculiar German bakery the rest of drive proceeded without incident.  We witnessed high concentrations of the racoon like Coatis around the tourist stops as we drove by, reinforcing our belief that they are the trash pandas of Central America.

The tourist areas around La Fortuna were extremely busy, so we bypassed the whole city and got to our new accommodation a few hours before check in time.  We stashed the car and walked to a nearby "Soda" (local term for a road side fast food shack) and got some tasty pizza and nachos.  It was punishingly hot out, so we also got some ice cream bars for the kids.  

By the time we checked in to the new house, everyone was on the verge of heat stroke, so we jumped right in to the very nice pool and cooled off for an hour.  

The kitchen has a large bar complete with bar stools, so Oscar decided to play "Pub" for the rest of the afternoon.  He sold his dad any drinks and snacks he could find, the final tab was over 100,000 Colones.  He even let Penny join in, probably the most cooperative time they have spent together so far this trip.

Penny seems to be feeling better, even managed to stay awake until her normal 7pm bed time for the first night since we've been here.  There are a bunch of games around the house that the big kids enjoyed playing before bed, no big evening activities tonight.