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Published: September 17th 2017
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We woke up to a gorgeous sunrise and Alex scampering toward the pool. We spent an hour or two watching the local wildlife and making a fruit salad with mangoes, tiny bananas and the world's best pineapple. After some pool antics we suited up for a walk to the beach.
We had an entire cove to ourselves, with the exception of three Tico surfers who stayed well away from us. The waves were just right; not too large, not too small. We bounced around in them for a while. Alex mostly stayed where the waves rushed up on the beach, playing in the sand. After the first initial rush of excitement to be at the beach, Mike took off with the fishing pole he made with a couple pieces of wire and a stick and set about trying his luck at surf casting. Kate, Alex and Mom wandered into a coconut grove where Alex attempted to shimmy up a tree. It was too tall. So we collected some underripe coconuts off the ground. Josh and Kate took one out into the surf and used it like a kind of beach ball. Alex cracked one open and let the milk pour
Fishies, take a close-up
Only a true fisherman can cobble together a rod and catch snappers with found bait in a completely foreign fishing hole in under an hour. Dinner is served. over his face and into his mouth.
Dad came back with a crab he had grabbed with his hand. He named it bait. He then walked up a tidal pool to try his luck fishing there. After we poked around for a little longer, Mom and Alex headed back. Along the road back we saw four iguanas and we acquired a new puppy friend. We stopped and watched monkeys for a while and passed some cows and calves. When we arrived home there was a green lizard who had fallen into the pool and couldn't get himself out. We took some pictures of him and released him with a pool skimmer. Around this time Kate and Josh arrived home and we realized Dad had the keys. Dad went to try one more fishin' hole with his makeshift rod and the reel he brought from home. The rest of us hung out by the pool while we waited for Dad. He returned about a half hour later with two good sized red snappers in hand. That man can find a fish anywhere. He said two Ticos stopped him on the road to find out where the lucky spot was.
The rest of the
Dad's catch
Bait the crab gave up his life for these two snappers day was pretty low key. Peanut butter and tiny banana sandwiches for lunch. Alex's stomach is so taught you can bounce a tiny banana coin right off it. Mike had to gut and scale the fish without benefit of a decent knife. I'm kicking myself that I forgot my travel kitchen knife. Tonight we will pan fry them and serve with rice and possibly tortillas. The kids will probably reject this as a viable dinner option, so we have some backup kielbasa. Tomorrow is the day that Ticos celebrate the annexation of the province of Guanacaste from Nicaragua in 1824. We are not sure how this is occasion is marked, but we will find out and report back. So far all we heard is that rental car agencies are closed that day.
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