Update from Costa Rica!

Hi all! We are all having a splendid time in Costa Rica, even though we've had enough rainfall to last a lifetime. We are currently in Arenal, which is famous for its volcano. Here's a taste of some of what we've done so far (in backwards chronological order):

Here we are at the Hanging Bridges walk in Arenal, which we did yesterday. We crossed a series of 16 suspension bridges, each increasingly higher, to get a great, unique perspective of the rainforest. Here we are at the very top of the canopy. We loved this.
Photo below is us at an ecological reserve outside Arenal. Pa is quite the hiker! We all loved the walk through the rainforest. We saw many birds, frogs and a two-toed sloth.

Next photo is Pa with the volcano after we landed in Arenal. Pretty incredible sight. It's still active, though we haven't had a chance to see any ash or lava (sometimes you can see this at night). This next photo is us after landing in Arenal. We were very happy to be in a place with no rain (though it didn't last long...just one day without rain so far).

Here I am ziplining through the rainforest in Tortuguero, our first destination. Eric and I did the canopy tour, which took us on various ziplines between different trees. We loved it. Mom and I are going ziplining / canopying again before our Backroads trip begins on Thursday.

Me and Eric before our canopy tour:

Mom, Eric and me on a jungle walk in Tortuguero. You can see that we're wearing big rubber boots so we could walk through the muddy path.

That's it for now. We obviously have many more photos but will probably wait till we get home to post them all. In the meantime, you can browse Eric's facebook photos.
We love and miss you all!