| Costa Rica |


| The Phillips and Clarks with their guides Ronald and Pedro on our canopy tour of Hacienda Baru National Wildlife Refuge. |
| Dad on a platform ready to fly to the next tree on the Tour. |


| He's off! |
| Watch out for that tree! |


| I beleive this tree is a non native member of the Cedar Family planted for wood production |
| The Following are pictures of Pat, Gary, Natalie, Maddie, Courtney and Cliff on the Hacienda Baru Canopy Tour. |










| The Tree Fliers, Cliff, Natalie, Maddie, Courtney, Pat and Gary |






| Red tailed squirrel, Hacienda Baru |


| Three toed Sloth(closeup), Hacienda Baru |
| Three Toed Sloth, Hacienda Baru |


| Poison Dart Frog, Hacienda Baru |
| This fellow is a relative of the Owl |

| Sunset at Finca Bavaria Pat and Garys third stop on the Hotel tour of Uvita. |


| Having a cold bear in a stein and watching the sunset at Rudi's Finca Bavaria. |
| One of the Bathing Beauties at Finca Bavaria. |
| Photos below, the gang goofing off in Rudi's Pool |





| The gang goofing off in Rudi's Pool |


| The Dr. at anchor off the beach in Uvita. Note the reef that protects you until it is flooded at high tide. |
| Toucan above the pool at Finca Bavaria |


| Gary and Pat walking on the spit out to the Reef. Better known as the Whales Tail in Uvita. In an aerial photo the reef looks just like it. |
| On of our favorite Dinner spots. They had 10 items on the menu but were always out of 8 so ordering was easy. |
| Sunset over the Reef at Uvita |


| The ride back to Uvita in the dinghy. |
| Our snorkling cove at Isla Ballena. which is disapearing under a high tide in a few minutes Time to go. |


| Courtney applying sunscreen to baldy |
| Gary taking a break from bailing the dinghy |


| Keep bailing. Thats Isla Ballena in the background |
| Nat enjoying the ride! |


| The Beach is Disappearing! |
| To escape the disappearing Beach we put all 7 of us the Hooka rig and snorkeling stuff in the dingy for the ride back Glad the US Coasties weren't around. Keep bailing! |

| Pat swimming at the waterfall in Uvita |
| Mom at the waterfall |


| Maddie reading at the Hotel Toucan. We loved our time at the Toucan. Jacks great food. Marks entertainment and Steve's Great outlook on life(HA!) |
| Nat after a dip in the pool at the waterfall |

| We cant remember this artists name but she was doing some great murals on the walls of the toucan like the one on the left. |


| Jack and one of the ladies in the fresh air kitchen. Jack stayed in a Tent right outside the kitchen. Best food in Costa Rica! |
| Bar at The Toucan. |

| Maddie absorbed in her book |

| Nat ready for a shot of the sunset |

| 'Bling Bling' |
| The Blue Morpho! |


| The Postman in Courtneys hand. |
| A monarch at the butterfly preserve in Uvita |


| This guy is one beautiful bug |
| Mom and Pat under the waterfall |
| Cliff looking up at a kid getting ready to jump off the falls |


| Gary and Pat at the falls |

| Mom and Pat laughing about who knows what, "mom" stuff maybe? |

| Sunset on the beach at Uvita. This is the surf we would land the dingy in. |






| Cliff and Pat on a Pre Columbian Sphere. Little is known of their significance to indigenous peoples. These perfectly round two thousand year old spheres are made of granite which is not found in Costa Rica |




| Chestnut Mandible Toucan, Hacienda Baru |