September 17, 2008
Broken Metatarsals
There is no conclusive evidence as to how this happened, but Hershey gets to wear bandages for a few weeks while her two fractured metatarsals heal. Other than hobbling on three feet, it has not seemed to phase her much. If only she could have gotten an orange bandage...
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September 3, 2007
Pura Vida - Día Seis
Today was the last day of planned adventures. With another early pickup by Hightide, we were taken to their shop for some ATV driving lessons. After we passed our driving tests we began our two hour 'mountain tour' through the trails of Tamarindo. Being the rainy season we were blessed with lots of mud on the trails (sometimes so much that it was quite easy to get stuck in big puddles). On the tour was the only time I saw, high in the trees, monkeys on the trip. The trails led us, with a short drive on some [dirt] roads, to the same place we took the canopy tour. We basically turned around there and took the same trails back..which seemed completely different with the change in direction.
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August 19, 2007
Pura Vida - Día Cinco
On the menu for today was breakfast at Grinds, located at another restaurant called Kahiki's. It is apparently where the locals go for breakfast..not that I noticed too many choices. It was typical breakfast food..and it was good.
Today's activity was surfing...the reason many people go to Costa Rica. Not having much experience (maybe 30 minutes about 17 years ago) I took a lesson. We learned the basics in about ten minutes before getting into the water. We then spent nearly two hours surfing. I was able to stand up on the second or third wave I caught..and many more afterwards. Unfortunately the waves were breaking fairly close to the shore so you couldn't ride for too long..and when you went down, you were likely hitting the ground. The teacher was relentless. It was probably the best workout I've had in ages. As soon as you'd get back out to where the waves were breaking, he'd have you turn around and catch the next wave. At the end of the lesson I was glad that he had pushed us that hard because we got some good practice. During the lesson, however, I would have really liked to have been able to breathe. My arms weren't too happy at the end of the two hours either..
Dinner was pizza at Pizzeria Las Baulas, next to Dragon Fly. Again, nothing out of the ordinary (well nothing like Papa Johns and Pizza Hut)..thin crust pizza with some odd topping choices.
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