And the Rain, Rain, Rain, Comes Down, Down, Down...

Hola!

This is days 33-38, Sunday to Friday of my journey in Costa Rica. It has been raining 

everyday this week here on the mountain. I was not able to do much due to the weather. 

It's been a funny weather pattern this week. Couple days it has rained all day with

 lightning and thunder. Most days were funny...it rained then the sun came out,

 then it rained and then sun would come out; all day long for days. 

This one was the day before the rain came along. 

Nice picture of behind the main house. 

Christopher is installing a new light fixture;

 a much needed light in the main room of the main house.

Here what the new light fixture looks like...pretty!

Since it's been raining Tammy and I spent time working on panties this week.

Tammy and I made 27 panties for mothers with children that are poor.

I started on making panties for my younger niece. I now know how to use the sewing machine. 

I am still fine tuning the foot pedal for speed in sewing. I tend to go too fast and goof up. 

Patience is required when using the sewing machine. At least it is for me.

I finished the panties for my niece. She is going to love the bold colors!

Here is the walkway between the bodega and the main house.

I often go thru them throughout the day between the rain and the sun in the day.

One day it was raining hard and thundering outside. Poor Scooby was terrified of the 

thunder and snuck into the house hiding underneath the stairs. Remember he is an outside dog.

 But he was terrified that day… he just had to sneak into the house for his own security, 

hoping not to be seen. So cute!

When we got a break from the rain I was able to take a picture of the most unusual plant 

I ever seen here in Costa Rica. It is a cactus plant. My brother would love to see this. 

He has a great interest in special plants. This I think would definitely fit in his

 special variety of plants. Too bad I can't take it home with me to show him. 

Taking a picture of it for him is the best I can do.

End of my week here in Costa Rica. I now have 5 days left of my trek here. 

I am so excited about going home. I miss my family and my dog. My cousin

 Tammy is not happy with me when I say I am excited that I have 5 days left.

 It's been a long journey, but guess what? I am feeling soo much better then 

when I first got here. The main reason I came here is to get well.

 I am feeling much better and ready to go home.

Please pray for good weather and safe traveling this coming Wednesday. 

It is the day I travel to go home to NJ to a small town named Port Republic

 that has a special place in my heart. Its a beautiful peaceful quaint little town.

I will post another blog before I head home next week. 

Adios and good day my family and friends.

Jen

The Adventure Continues...

Hola!

Now it is Thursday-Saturday, days 30-32 of my trek in Costa Rica.

Here is Scooby in a cardboard box. Isn't he cute? Scooby is getting attached to me. 

He runs to me every time I go outside. All the dogs are outside dogs here on the farm.

 For some reason people don't really talk to their dogs like we do back home. We think 

of them as pets back home, but here they think of them as guard dogs… they don't talk to them.

 I talk to these dogs here. The dogs love me talking to them. I can't help it, I love all dogs.

Tammy and I made mini bread to go with the main entree for tonight… Yummy!! 

Tammy and I made roasted garlic white bean hummus.

Today we hoped to go to the valley and visit people. We stopped at Belinda's house

 on the way down the Mountain. This is Tammy, Belinda and I on her beautiful porch. 

\They just built it in past year. Remember the houses here are quite small. 

So people spend most of their day outside of the house.

Here is a really good pic of Jesus relaxing on Belinda's porch.

The sky started to look greyish and cloudy so we decided to leave for the valley before it rains. 

As we were heading down the Mountain, we came to the river and discovered 

that the machine was blocking the road to the river. We were disappointed that we 

couldn't cross the river. Sadly we turned around and headed back home up the Mountain.

Here is something for you to experience what it is like to ride up the Mountain. 
We got stuck on the way up and Jesus had to go backwards then go forward trying to

 get ahead on the dirt road to get home. Like I said, “Roller Coaster ride.” Enjoy the video.

Thursday night Christian, Christopher and I played a board game.

 It is called, “Ticket to Ride, Europe”. It was quite an interesting game of trains.

 I enjoyed playing the game with the boys.

I now have a roommate in my room. It's quite a small roommate, Gecko. 

I allowed him to stay there so he can eat all the spiders around the room. 

I was happy to have him in my room.

Friday morning I woke up and it was very very cold. I didn't bring anything warm to Costa Rica. 

Who would've thought that it gets cold down here in a tropical rainforest country!!

 I had to borrow a sweatshirt and a blanket to stay warm.

Beautiful day here on the farm. Clear blue sky. I discovered something. If you look closely

 in the picture, you can see another Mountain in the faded area. I didn't know that

 there was another Mountain behind the one we can see. Most of the days were cloudy 

so I couldn't see it until today. It was an absolutely beautiful scenery from the horizon.

Saturday afternoon Tammy and I went for a walk on other side of the Bodega. 

This is a nice picture of Tammy and I.

Here I am with a walking stick. I was very grateful to have a walking stick.

 It really helps me with the ground on a slope.

Beautiful picture on the walk.

There was a large crevice in the ground. I wasn't sure I would be able to cross over it. 

So Jesus and Christopher helped me cross the crevice. 

On the way back, behind the bodega there is a giant boulder.

 I decided to try to climb up on it.

I made it on the bouder! Yeah!!!!

Another picture of me on the boulder.

Here is a good picture of Christian.

Here is one of Christopher playing a game on computer. 

Here is a sweet picture of the new Lamb. She is soo cute!

End of my days 30-32 of my journey in Costa Rica. I now have less than 2 weeks left

 of my trek here in Costa Rica. I am looking forward to seeing my family again and my dog

Copper. Oh I really miss my dog! I decided that I am not leaving my dog behind when I 

go on another trip in the future. The dog is going to stay with me from now on. 

On this trip I realized how much I needed to have a service dog with me. 

The service dog really does helps me tremendously.

Hopefully sometime next week if there is good weather we want to go down

 to the valley and visit people down there. We need at least 2 good days of

 good weather to dry the roads on the Mountain in order to drive down to the valley. 

I am looking forward to meet the people in the valley.

I hope you all are enjoying the blog. Soon I will add more to the blog. 

Adios(good bye) and good day my family and friends.

Jen