We are ready to share a little more of our adventures!
Rafting
We busted out of the orphanage and went with our cabby Mario up up up into the jungle of Pico Bonito National Park. We got to Omega Tours and instantly felt excitement, freedom, and the fantastic smell of spaghetti and pesto! We ate, geared up, and talked about how we weren't going to expect too much, since it was a tour comnpany that was geared towards all customers, not just experts. Boy were we wrong! Eight solid miles of class III and IV and I'm talking hair pin turns, tons of paddling, a small waterfall drop, and a few rodeos, surfs, and even a cliff jump! We all came out bruised, wet, and wanting more. That is until we swam the last rapid and Jonathan caught a wave that dumped him onto a large rock crunching his tailbone. We were so worried that we'd have to take him to the hospital, he could barely swim and had to have the raft come get him out of the water. He's doing better now, but still has a bruised tail bone. Keep him in prayer!New Year's Eve
We had the best New Years of all time! Once we got back from rafting we cleaned up and went to the bar. Bob Marley was drifting through the tropical jungle paradise, and our San Fran friend Andrew was hooking us up with Cuba Libres the drink of the day! We laughed a lot, talked with the guides from Ireland and New Zealand and Australia, and had a delicious dinner! Feliz Ano Nuevo!
Pico Bonito
The next morning we finally had the thing I've been waiting for! Sweet fried plantains and delicious coffee. Beautiful tropical flowers, birds, and good friends all around. We started out hiking around Omega's property and then caught a ride to the park entrace. Luckily the guard wasn't around, so we hopped the bridge fence and crossed a huge suspension bridge that hangs high above Rio Cangrejal. The park was incredible with bugs, trees, vines, and plenty of hiking and small waterfalls. Exhausted we left the park happy to have stayed a few hours extra and strategically skirted the guard who 
wanted us to pay $28 for a park entrance fee.Saying goodbye
We stayed one more night at the orphanage in order to say goodbye to all the kids. We will miss them, and funny enough, 3 of the 4 of us said we'd adopt the same boy and girl if we were going to adopt any! We plan to keep in touch, and maybe go back someday.
Quinta Real
Luxury! For the first time down here we slept on thick mattresses, layed out by the ocean, and were geared up to celebrate our anniversary dinner out on the town in la Ceiba. Unfortunatly, Jonathan started feeling queasy and quickly became violently sick. We spent the whole evening and all night long in the room with 7up and crackers, travelling to the bathroom about every 45 minutes. He's feeling much better this morning, but now he's had a little too much excitement in the health arena. Again, please pray for his health bumski and all.Utilla
Our hope is to travel over to the docks and purchase a one way ticked to one of the islands, Utilla. There they have a brick oven pizza restaurant and plenty of snorkeling and beaches! We can't wait!
May the Lord bless you as He is continually blessing us with excitement and adventure!
J^C
2 comments:
I am so impressed by all that you guys have done already- so very cool!! Uncle Cookie better be more careful!! We love you guys and are keeping you in prayer!!
Uncle Cookie sounds more like Uncle Cookie Crumbs! Stop breaking yourself, J-dawg. :) Cat and I are cuddled up in our warm and toasty bed, while the blustery wind outside blows the SEVERAL inches of snow that came last night. Unfortunately, not enough for a snow day for our 1st day back. However, I did miss 3rd period because my car wouldn't start! What a Monday! Miss you all a TON!
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