On Our Way To Monteverde, The Cloud Forest

So on Saturday we attempted to drive from Arenal to Monteverde.  Part of the route was awarded worst road in Costa Rica.  This is kind of a scary thought since we hadn't been on any "good" roads yet.  We were thinking we should give AuntieL a tranquilizer!

The drive ended up being beautiful, it looked like Tuscany, Italy.  It was a long road but much better than we had anticipated.  We arrive unscathed and after we checked into our B&B we got a guide and hit the cloud forest.  

The girls in front of cloud forest entrance

Hummingbirds, tons of hummingbirds.  The birds loved MomT's red rain coat and were buzzing all around her.  Yes, MEE we saw a ruby throated hummingbird.

Kids running across the suspension bridge.  DaddyD discovered he had a problem watching his beloved family on the wobbly bridges.  He was glad when the tour ended:(

Cloud Forest bridge

We toured the primary forest and the trees could be as old as 400 years old.  One tree can have over a thousand other trees and plants living on it.  The parasitic plants do this to get closer to the sun without using a lot of energy and also use the nutrients from their host tree.

Sloth, come on can't you tell this is a sloth?  The guides here can spot everything.  Guides were a must and without them we would have missed all of the cool stuff.

Need I say more.

After a huge meal we hit the hay.  In the morning the fairy family planned to go on a coffee tour and Auntie & BB planned a canopy tour.