CASA YOLO

Well, we made our first venture down to the beach. Our plan was to wake up early and hike down before the heat of the day, but apparently we all needed sleep instead....so...we did the hike at the hottest possible time of day. Ocean swim felt so good at bottom, and pool swim felt even better when we made it back up. It is a 2 km walk with an elevation drop/gain of 280m. If we do that every day, we will be in great shape! There is a road that switchbacks down to the ocean, with about half of it being closed to vehicle traffic, but being who we are, we decided that seemed boring, so we bushwhacked through the forest below our villa and came out onto the road where the vehicle traffic is prohibited. There was only one casualty, but luckily the sliver Jaedyn got deeply embedded into her leg was large enough to pull out with leatherman pliers, because we didn't have tweezers on us. 

The snorkelling was fabulous! No corals, but thousands of fish! The beach was very educational for the kids. We won't need to worry about them looking at inappropriate websites if they are curious about different anatomy. By the end of the year, they will be well educated on all shapes and sizes. Even after spending a few hours there today, they were totally at ease, and over the initial culture shock.

We have come up with a name for our new home, "CASA YOLO" ( for those of you my age or older, "You Only Live Once"). Here is a picture of the kids cliff jumping in our yard into the pool. This morning we had goats grazing right outside our patio gate as we ate breakfast. I am wondering at what point this will feel like life, and not just a vacation? Vida es bueno!