So here I am, near Jaco, Costa Rica.   I was surprised to learn the owner, named "Paco", had a computer on site.

My oldest son & I will likely be paddling the sea kayak tomorrow morning in the inlet, which is my back yard.  Water temps in the ocean & in the swimming pool out back verge on body temperature.  The wide Pacific covers the southeast horizon & a majestic mountain range is the main evidence of the peninsula across the bay.  Clouds hover halfway between the slope & those peaks.  Kind of neat.  As I type this, the sun sets between that range & the wide open sea, silhouetting those peaks in orange.  Sea breeze, no bugs, temps have dived down into the 80's, and beverage of choice is in hand.  It ain't Quetico folks, but it ain't all that bad, either....

Don't know what kind of fish are lurking beyond those rocks where the surfs spits up so high.  Sea bass, I suppose.  I sort of wish I had brought some kind of pole but I'm not much of a salt water fisherman.  I saw some local wade out to those rocks this morning with his girlfriend.  They were using live bait.  I don't know what & I didn't stick around long enough to witness a catch.

I'm glad my oldest boy speaks some Spanish.  I'd have been ripped off a few times by now, for sure.  Why did I pick "French" as my foreign language way back when?  Dumb....

Will probably do a treetop tour later in the week, shooting platform to platform, 100-200 feet in the trees on zip lines & harnesses.  Should be kind of neat, though this season has been especially dry & the jungle may not be quite as green as usual.  If we see a few monkeys & butterflies I'm sure the family will be happy.  My 78 year old mother says she will be doing the zip lines, too.

I'll keep you guys posted on this non-Quetico trip.  One of my boys & I should be doing the sea kayak in the morning between 7am & 9am.  The big surf gets up much after that.

Adios for now,

Jimbo