I am writing this as we sit on the patio out our back door here in a gated complex called Ecovida. If you google that we are in a house called Casa Perfecta. It has cooled down a little and there is a slight breeze that helps me out.  There are several birds calling but I can't see them, smart little fellas that they are. This is a haven for birds and I hope to get a couple of sessions of bird watching in while here. So far we've just begun to familiarize ourselves with the place, shopping where the locals shop for groceries and finding it difficult to read the Spanish.

It was a long ride to get here as we flew on airmiles and they make you wait,- 6 hours in Calgary, but Jodi,Kirstine, Courtney and Charlee met us and took us our for lunch. Then we spent the night in Houston, getting in late and getting up early to catch the flight to Costa Rica.  We were met at the airport there but had an hour long wait for the car to appear.The hotel we chose near the airport in  Costa Rica  had a restaurant attached so we were able to have lunch, supper, and breakfast there. We stayed there overnight as we couldn't get into the condo until the 24th.The  car rental agency came to the hotel the next morning with the car,  did all the business there on the hotel deck and we were off. There were a few anxious moments as we thought the GPS wasn't going to find the satellites but it soon did and we were guided here arriving about 2:30 with stops in a town called Jaco for lunch.
Yesterday we found enough food for supper and today brought home a few more things to keep us fat, dumb and happy.
We began this morning with an hour long walk on the beach which seems to go forever and is very wide. There are surfers, boogie  boarders, fishermen. A young man and his grandpa were watching the sand carefully and when they saw something, know only to them, they would run to the spot dig with a pipe and suddenly have a little cray fish from under the sand to use for bait.
So that brings us to today. In about another hour or so, it will be happy hour and maybe a swim, We have our own pool but there is a community one which we haven't had a chance to investigate yet.
Tomorrow should be more about the area as the clothes are hung in the closet, food is in the fridge 'and maybe we will go monkey watching anew miles up the road.