A Little Fall
As many of you know I travel to Costa Rica frequently. We first arrived in 2012 and we have returned another seven times. This particular trip was different. I took a sixteen year old that wasn't mine. A young man who lived two houses down from my children for years. I've known him since he was two. His family went through a nasty divorce and they moved a few miles from us. I have a fourteen and Seventeen year old and he is like a brother to him. He stays at my house two to three nights a week to spend time with his friends he considers family. He is also a type one diabetic so I had to learn how to provide treatment to him in case of an emergency. This posed a considerable concern when hiking into a remote mountain forest.
It turned out to be an incredible experience for my children and this young man. In Costa Rica you do not find processed foods nor foods with excessive amounts of sugar. Activity also naturally lowers blood sugar and we learned that his diabetes is easier to manage in a climate like Costa Rica. His blood sugar and need for Insulin has never been easier to manage. When we return in July we are going to take him in to an area that is even more remote.
Three Teens from Austin Meet the Rainforest. The teens on the left and right are my biological sons. The one in the middle I very much consider a son too.
After a few hours with the Teens huffing and puffing we found what we were looking for.
We hiked to the lower waterfall and took a swim in the cold fresh Mountain water.
The sound of the rushing water stayed with me until i woke the next day!
After a short rest we climbed the rocks and started diving into the cool water, I'll be posting a video of our diving talents soon.
As we headed back up the mountain to our necessary four wheel drive vehicle we were treated with a very special guest. This is the famed Scarlet Macaw. I have seen them many times in Costa Rica but this one was very special. The Scarlet Macaw just started nesting in this area for the first time in 20 years. A compliment to the strong conservation project taking place in this small Central American Country.
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