Day 3 cont....

Okay I know I already titled todays....but anyone who knows me knows I have a problemo with writing too much detail and making letters into novels! But today definitely deserves an extra blog! If you´re inpatient just hop to the second paragraph for the good stuff! So we were waiting for a bus to get to the base of San Luis waterfall. But we got bored so we decided to see how far it was on foot? Well turned out to be to far, but there was ¨The Towers¨the highest point in Monteverde. And it was only 30 minute hike out of town and then a 2 hour hike round trip. One of the guys at the desk mentioned Reservo... ? Can´t rememer the full name but it was a research center that offered day hikes for $$$ or you could just go up and see a humming bird reserve for free. They said it wasn´t too far from the Towers so we thought....hey why not? Well we left a 9 am and passed the Towers around 9:30 am.... Then we passed a small, and unmarked waterfall trail. It took about 40 minutes and it was a cute waterfall. Saw some leaf cutting ants going to town with the leaves, and saw some kind of costa rican racoon. Can´t remember the name. So we headed back to the main road uphill to the ¨Reservo¨along the way some dogs started to follows....thing is they never left us. It was adorable and we have tons of pictures of these little guys. They stuck with us the whole darn day! Well after 2 or so hour of hiking and tons of signs saying this way to the Reservo....we gave up. Turn after turn and we couldn´t find it and it was already 11:30 so we decided humming birds weren´t really more important than the Towers so we headed back. Quite a work out...or so we thought.

So we headed to the Towers. Finally got there with the pups in tow. Started hiking up and of course it started to rain....light rain. Neither of us were dressed for rain but we figured a light rain? How bad could it be? So we continued on up a steep steep loose rocky hill. The rain started to pick up, but our pups stuck with us. Suddenly the monsoon started...and didn´t stop. My Chacos were covered in an inch thick layer of mud and even when I tried to clean it off it came right back. I could barely take one step forward without sliding two steps back. So I vered off to a ledge with trees and proceeded to scrape off the mud. Then the ran got worse..suddenly the road we had just hiked up was turning into a small river/mud slide. The pups and us were completely soaked and streams were still flowing down my hair no matter where I stood. Neither of our packs were water proof so we stood there for awhile debating if we should wait togo back down to avoid getting stuck in the mini river. We decided to go for it and of course immediately began to slide without control. Luckily there was one side that was slightly covered my trees, but of course was pure mud up to my ankles. I have never been so wet and muddy ever!! We all finally made it to the bottom after lots of laughs and close spills. And had another 35 minute walk from the road to town. Of course it was raining the hardest now. We got shelter ever so often to try and work off the shivers and dry off . Which was impossible but we needed a break after an hour of being soaked and soaked and soaked. We finally made it back to town with our doggy friends in tow still. We later found out they usually stick with girls and go hiking with them and when theycome back to town they go they part ways. It was cute everyone or car that came near us they chased away. Our little protectors!
So tonight we went and ate at this little 3 table restaurant off the beaten path and had the best casados yet! On the way back we found a small shed with jewelry and wood art. The mans daughter made all the jewerly and I got a gorgeous bracelet made out of....watermelon seeds! ITt is so cute.

Sorry for not posting pictures, but we don´t have the usb plug! I will post when I get back!

love you all...Pura Vida,
Lisa