It is hard for me to believe that we just celebrated our 4th Thanksgiving here in Puerto Viejo. Actually celebrated is probably not the correct word. We had a giant tree fall across the road and into our yard so Tom spent most of the day
with neighbors as they cut it up and tried to repair the damage. Luckily our wonderful gardener Pedro was scheduled to be here on Friday so he brought a couple of guys and they got everything cleaned up. 
While this is a common occurrence when you live in the rain forest, it is the first time we have a a tree fall into our yard. We were so lucky – no damage at all to structures – just to our fence and the hibiscus hedge that surrounds the property. All easily fixed.
The last couple of weeks have been eventful. Last Saturday there was a Tope horse race in our little town. Horsemen and women come from all over the country and race their horses up and down the beach and around the town.
It is such fun to watch. It reminds me a lot of growing up in Wyoming and going to the county fair and rodeo – without the ocean of course 
These races occur all over Costa Rica throughout the year and they are a big deal. There are literally hundreds of people who go from town to town and race, have fun, and party all weekend.
Sunday was the launching of the PARTY BARGE!!! The owners of our neighborhood bar The Point – Tiffany and Popeye – decided six months ago that they were going to build a barge that people could be taken out to from the bar and hang out and party.
A lot of people donated to the effort and although it often looked like it was not going to happen, Popeye never lost faith.
After hours of delays due to the difficulty of getting the barge off of the sand and into the ocean, it finally happened around 4:30 pm on Sunday. Honestly, it was hysterical to watch! It now sits quite a ways off shore and I am not quite sure what the plan is but it doesn’t really matter. They had a vision and they saw it through – pretty cool!!! 
Other than that, things here in my little corner of the world are pretty much the same – kickin’ back and enjoying life
Pictures from the yard
Hawk screaming
Vultures roosting
Poison green dart frogs
Cool bug with fluorescent green eyes!
Brown Jay
Oriole
Newspaper moth
Cool lizard
Baby bird just fledged
Pronthonatory warbler
Costa Rica Dog Lover 
