La Vida Loca!

The Kelly/Sima clan left at 5:30 am today in order to make their 12:30 flight out of San Jose. They made it to the airport in Alajuela in 2 hours and 50 minutes, almost beating Jim's record time of 2 hours and 19 minutes, which did NOT include a pit stop and a car wash. A warning to the casual reader: this trip SHOULD take approximately 4 hours. As Jim puts it, "John is one hell of a wheel man".

Jim's trip to San Jose on Friday afternoon, on Grey Line, took 5 hours because it included a stop in Canas, which to the uninitiated, is in the WRONG direction. I imagine this is the last time we will patronize Grey Line.

The first picture was taken after a horseback ride down to the river on our farm. It was Johnny's first real horseback ride and he was a trooper, as the horses has to walk down some pretty steep cliffs. We spotted some white face capuchin monkeys right near here on the river. I've been riding for 3 years since we first came to Costa Rica, and I was always afraid that my horse might fall down on these cliffs. Well, mine did fall down but he got right back up again and I didn't fall off, so I'm feeling pretty accomplished. Rene, Chrissy and Catie decided to sit this ride out, so they stayed at home.