Sun and Surf... Finally!

Well, haven't posted much in the last few days because we have FINALLY been getting some decent weather.  Thursday, Friday, and today have all been getting successively better and today was the first day since we arrived that we did not get ANY rains, just a few clouds :)  The beach in Tamarindo is the most protected surf spot in the area (and the most crowded) and now that the storms are calming a bit we get to head out in the Defender's and find some other surf.

  Friday evening we set out for a leisurely beach stroll which ended up lasting two hours and several miles of rocky pacific coastline.  We were pretty happy as you can see from the pics Im sure.

One of the most entertaining things to me is the millions of crabs that are all over the place.  Shelli hates them, but i think their kinda cute.  Apparently they are actually some kind of mountain crab, and only come to the sea to lay their eggs.  They are those 'side-walking' crabs.  If you look at them the wrong way, or move toward them, the stick their little pinchers up at you as if to say "Hey buddy, you better just keep walking the other way or else..."  This method works great on Shelli, but not so well with cars and thats exactly the same method of defense they use when they are crossing the road and a truck or something is coming at them.  They just throw up those claws, and then 'CRUNCH'.

Then today, we got two surf sessions in and NO RAIN!!!  We still aren't getting anything special as far as the surf is concerned, about the same as we surfed in Cali, just a little less crowded here.  Hopefully that will change soon though.  We have been eating at some amazing places while we've been here though.  So much for all those months of P90X workouts i guess.  Every restaurant we have eaten at has been open air, which makes for some great evening ambiance, but bad for bug control.

If the weather and surf keep improving, we will really have some great stories to tell.  Miss you all.