Jim’s leg was feeling much better, so he left off the knee
brace and we walked down to breakfast. BAD PLAN. The downward pressure put him
back at square one on mobility, but he soldiered on for the day’s adventures.
Today, we walked through the MonteVerde Cloud Forest and along the
continental divide for a ways. The end was at La Ventana (the window) with the Carribean
on the left and Pacific on the right. Unfortunately, the marine layer on the
ocean prevented us from seeing actual water.
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| The bird was building this nest. |
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| Transparent butterfly! |
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| The Pacific Side |
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| The Carribean Side |
The group split up some on the way
back and Andres had to backtrack when he left his bird book at the end
platform. The good news was that we got to look at the gift shop. We ate lunch
there too. We had a short bus ride to a hummingbird garden and then headed to
the ‘Bat Jungle’ in a downpour, for a presentation about bats and a short tour
of a ‘bat cave’. The cave was in a darkened room so that the bats were active
and behind glass, so we could see them up close and personal. Flash photography
was not allowed so photos here were minimal.
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Bats are under a lot of pressure, sort of like bees, and are needed
for pollination and bug control. You can find directions for how to
build your own bat house -- as you can see, it is compact and opens
from the bottom. |
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| Bat photo by Andres |
The rain lightened up, so the Night Walk we signed up for
was
not cancelled. Jim dropped out
because of his leg, and I suited up with rain pants, jacket, and shoes in case
it started pouring again. The walk itself was a dud. Because of lightning, the
guide was hesitant to start and then kept us 30 minutes beyond our projected
end time and after we were supposed to depart for dinner. There was nothing much
to see either – a couple tarantulas, tree frogs, and other little stuff, but
little evidence of mammals.
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| Tarantula coming out of his hole |
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| Baby tree frog |
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