Miscellaneous 1

I was looking through the files on the computer and found a number of pictures from Jaco that just did not fit into any of the blogs.  I thought about creating blogs about birds, and flowers, etc., but decided to just put some of these pictures into a couple miscellaneous blogs.   So here goes...

There are large bunches of bamboo all over the place.  This is one right beside the tennis courts. They are quite large and can be as high as 30 or 40 or more feet tall.

Bamboo

 There are a lot of different kinds of birds.  These little blue ones come to the trees right outside our balcony every morning.

Blue Bird of Costa Rica

And these look like red doves.

Red Dove

And these yellow guys are the songsters.

Yellow Bird

Gail and I go boogie boarding almost every day.  I have a lot of pictures of us playing in the waves.  However, I thought some of the guys would enjoy this picture more.

Go Girl

As you can see from this picture, Gail is in heaven when she is eating Ceviche.

Shrimp Ceviche

Sunglasses

Hats

Down here everyone needs sunglasses and hats.
But sometimes there are things for sale along the street that you are not quite sure what it is.

Not Sure

Much of our day is spent enjoying the pool.  We have learned that being in the shade is a good thing.  This is how Gail spends many hours.  Note the very unusual, and beautiful, flower behind her.

Gail Relaxing

This is a grave site.  Cory passed away but was obviously a surfer who enjoyed his beer.  There must be some significance in the Mother-In-Law Tongues at the foot of the site.

Here Lies Cory

This is our office.

Our Office

The chains on our bicycles have rusted already and we have had them only a few weeks.  I have "bathed" the entire bicycles in WD40 which seems to help, but they still rust.  This is the gate leading out to the ocean side of our complex.  It has rusted so badly they can no longer use the lock but have to use a chain instead.  

Rusty Gate

 So if you ever decide to add more iron to your diet, make sure you cut back on the salt a the same time.  If you don't, your gate could permanently loose it's swing!