This morning, after the kids ate an entire loaf of bread's worth of french toast, we walked over to a bakery that was recommended by the host of our tree house.
The kids were dying to play an April fools joke on someone, and Pat played along by letting them fill his croissant with hot sauce.
We kept walking along the main highway towards the town of Monteverde. From the viewpoint along the road, you can see all the way to the ocean and across to the Nicoya peninsula.
After a few hiccups (arriving before the park opened, then not having cash to pay the entry fee), we took a short hike to the Cararata Los Murcielagos waterfall.
There were two suspension bridges on the trail and lots of ants to see.
The trail ended at a beautiful waterfall and small swimming hole.
We were back at the tree house for lunch and tried to have a relaxing afternoon to get ready for the night hike. The monkeys made a re-appearance around the house, and we also saw our first capybara wandering around the forest floor. A coati took a bite out of our loaf of bread before we had a chance to unload it from the stroller. They seem to be the raccoons of Costa Rica.
After an early dinner, we geared up in our rain gear and headed to the Bajo del Tigre reserve for a guided night hike. Oscar's highlight of the day was when we had to stop to watch a coach bus attempt a 75 point turn, blocking the entire (narrow) highway.
It was hard to get good pictures, but we saw a scorpion, two tarantulas, a headlight click beetle, a walking stick, a tree frog, a sleeping toucan and thousands of ants.
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