Adventures with Sarah

Sarah flew down last Wednesday for a week long visit. Rich and I had taken Windarra to Marina Papgayo to wash off some of the salt and to clean the boat before she arrived. Friday we headed to Bahia Huevos for some time at anchor. It is a beautiful small bay and for a lot of the time we had it all to ourselves. We enjoyed swimming, kayaking, reading, relaxing and watching the new DVDs that Sarah brought with her.

 

Sarah trying out one of the kayaks

Rich out for a paddle

 

One of the things that Sarah wanted to do while she was here was to go zip lining. This is one of those adrenaline activities. You are fit into a climbing harness, with shoulder straps, a helmut with some oversized leather gloves with a special leather palm. They hook you onto a steel cable that goes through the trees from one platform to another and away you go, zipping through the forest. 

Rich coming in for a landing

Sarah in line behind Rich, ready for the first zip line

Is it a bird or a plane, no its Elaine

 

It was a lot of fun and we had a good time. Since the rainy season has not started yet, it does not look as green as it does in the brochures and the waterfall was not even a few drips but that was okay. We had a thrill

Recounting our adventures over lunch back at Playa de Coco

 

The Papagayos have started blowing again so it is a little raucous in the anchorage. With winds gusting to 35 knots at times, it is also a wet affair. To take Sarah to the airport today, we had to first make a dingy ride to shore. We put her duffel bag and backpack in plastic bags and she had a change of clothes for the plane ride. As we left the boat, a kayaker who was having a hard time trying to get back to shore against the wind, asked for a tow. We pulled him close to shore and then crossed over to the dingy landing spot down the beach. Luckily they have free showers along the beach so we could rinse off some of the sand and salt water from the landing. We grabbed a taxi to the airport and send her on her way. The week went too quickly but we were glad we had a chance to see her.

 

We may stay here at Playa de Coco until the Papagayos settle down then do some more exploring.