Our Faith Flies!

We left La Palabra de Vida early this morning on our way to the beach. After an hour or so, we stopped at crocodile bridge, and YES, there were crocodiles below, laying in the mud and sunning themselves. We were tempted to walk down and get a closer look, but decided it was better not to!
After a long trek up a mountainside, one by one we were hooked up to a pulley, told to sit down and hold on to a line with our other hand on a cable, and off we went!! As we flew through the air hanging by a cable, we not only enjoyed the sights of the tops of trees, the ocean, and lots of houses whizzing by, we needed to remember the directions of our coach .. when to pull down with our strong arm, as that was our brake. If you didn't, you would run into the tree at the end. We zig-zagged down the mountainside, taking the plunge 14 different times. Each time was more exciting than the last. When asked how it was, it was AWESOME!! At last we reached the bottom, glad we were on tierra firma once again, and already reminiscing all the excitement of what we had just done. Hot and sweaty, we were all thankful for the coaching of our guides who brought us all to safety. This was how our adventure on the canopy tour ended.
Once again, we went rolling down the highway, catching glimpses of the Pacific Ocean, and anticipating our first dive into the water. Upon arriving, we took a stroll on our way to the water and came upon several monkeys who were quite active and made it hard to take their picture. Some also had the opportunity to catch a glimpse of a sloth hanging from a tree. The whole woods was busy with wildlife noises as we finished our walk to the water. We caught the waves and enjoyed the warmth of the water for an hour or so and then started our walk back to our van, enjoying more wildlife. On our way, there was a small stream that had to be crossed. While most of us just decided to get our feet wet, our two gallant men, Bryan & Chris, decided to take the boat ride across this challenging water.
Our special guest, Lindsey, helped to make our trip more enjoyable by her knowledge and insights about the area.
We finished our day by meeting up with those left behind at the school, and enjoying a pizza supper together. We're very tired now. Good night :)

Karen
pics hopefully to follow