We took a vacation to Costa Rica in late July/early August. We had a splendid time! When we booked the trip we had plans to try all kinds of wild adventures like zip-lining, canyoning, repelling waterfalls and the like. But of course when we learned about our pregnancy, we amended our plan and enjoyed less wild adventures such as hiking, beach bumming and sailing. It was still a fabulous trip…

We began our trip in the Arenal Volcano area, where, as you’ll see, there is a large, active volcano – which was right outside the floor-to-ceiling patio window of our first hotel. Amazing to see it’s grandness…

In this area we hiked to a waterfall, explored hanging bridges through a canopy and drove very bumpy roads.
Click right here to view all of our photos of Arenal.

Our second location was in Manuel Antonio, where there is an amazing state park in which to see many animals. It is also very close by some amazing beaches.

We saw sloths, reptiles, butterflies, birds and 3 kinds of monkeys. We loved it!
Click right here to view all of our photos of Manuel Antonio.

The nice thing about our trip (and about Costa Rica) is that it gets dark quite early and so we slept a lot and enjoyed beautiful, clear, early mornings.

I love getting away with R and I hope to do so one more time before Baby K arrives.
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