Catching Crabs

NO, not like the kind Katelyn has! Well, it's been a while since we wrote, and that's because internet, running water, and electricity have all only recently been brought to the town where we're staying. No, just kidding, it's pretty developed out here and there are tons of Gringos just like us. Well, like us except they can surf and have tans already. But we're working on it.



We are camping in a town called Santa Teresa, but if you look for it on a map just look for a place called Mal País. Don't take it too literally, though, because this is no Bad Country. This place is paradise! We knew we were really in for a treat when our first full day here we were eating delicious pizza at an Italioargentinian restaurant when we saw a monkey across the street. Megan was excited, but I could have cared less. That was some good pizza!



At our campsite there are currently just one Tico family, three friendly guys from Washington state (we partied it down with them last night), and a surfer-chef from Austria... wait, and a bagillion hermit crabs and the newest member of the family: Lola! She's the funniest, best little dog I've ever seen. She's a cute little mutt, the shape of a wiener dog but black, with floppy ears and dirty wiry hair. We met her the first time playing on the beach. I quit surfing for the day just to play with her in the waves. She likes playing fetch, long walks, and pretty much every male dog that has ever existed. Somebody owns her, but they let her walk around all the time, and since we've fed her a couple times she follows us around, even into restaurants and stores and stuff. It's really funny. She slept with us in the tent when it rained a few nights ago.

Maybe there will be a Christmas posting, but more likely we'll just call the fam and email friends later. Tomorrow we stay at a nice little cabina and get to sleep in a real bed! We'll go to church, a potluck dinner with our new friends, and we'll probably get in a little surfing too.

We send everyone our love, sorry for not calling and emailing more often. I would like to write longer about all the new friends we made, the beautiful beach, and our fun adventures surfing, but this internet set up is expensive and Megan, Lola and I are exhausted from our twice-daily trips out to surf. Ok, I'm going to play rock paper scissors with Lola and Megan to see who gets to sleep in the hammock and who has to stay in the sandy tent.

PS: In case you read this but you hadn't heard yet, we accepted jobs in San Jose and start January 5th. Yay!