Hello Everyone, 

Yesterday we went to the Monteverde Cloud Forest and Rose found a puppy and he was so lovey.  She held him while we looked at the butterfly gallery.  They had some feeders set up and there were tons of hummingbirds fighting for space.  The owner eventually came to take the dog away.

We went tot he frog pond at night and saw lots of frogs.  This is a red eyed tree frog, but we also saw poison dart frogs, but these were pretty cool too.

We hiked a trail by ourselves.  This is Mom and Rose at the lookout at the farthest point. 

We spotted a black guan and her baby all by ourselves.  Then we had to watch them until we had the perfect shot.

The hummingbird gallery had probably about 100 hummingbirds flitting around.  It was a challenge trying to get them on camera, but they were so cool that we stayed a long time.

At the butterfly tent, Grandma was well liked in her Estes Park shirt.  She had 2 or three different ones land on her shirt and on her head.

We are all so tired!  We have been walking non-stop since we arrived in Monteverde there is so much to do.  We have seen so many animals.  We walked in the forest at night with flashlights (and a guide) and saw a couple of sloths, a pit viper, a tarantula the size of a small dinner plate and lots of bugs, spiders, etc.  Tomorrow we are heading back to San Jose on the 2:30 bus from Monteverde.  I think Grandma is ready to come home and missing Gpa.  We went on a coffee tour and a cheese factory tour too.

Michele, Rose & Grandma