All packed and ready to go-Costa Rica, here I come!

I have packed my bag and I am ready to go. I have few clothes and more books....books I can read and dump!! SO it will be in my best interest to read quickly so my bag can lose some weight. I am pretty impressed at the fact that I brought so few clothes. Kinda stinks to have to bring a pair or good hiking shoes that will only be worn a handful of times on the trip, but alas, we must all have good walking shoes! Decided to leave the salsa dancing shoes at home, one must pick and choose the necessities when you live out of a backpack for a month! So now I wait, drinking my last Sierra Nevada, thinking of jumping on my bike for a twirl around town to get some nervous flying energy out. Tomorrow morning at 8:25 I have a reservation for a ride from Alajuela (20 minutes west of San Jose) to Monteverde to meet Amy, Elyza and Amy's mama at the Pension El Tucan. Amy and Elyza would like to got for a horseback ride and I think I will be looking through my binoculars for little birdies! We may head to Arenal Volcano after that and then back to Liberia to send Amy's mom back to Denver. We will then head to a rented house outside of Montezuma to visit my friend Scott and his three awesome boys!! I look forward to seeing them in CR. From there we will return to San Juan Del Sur for a day or so and then........the world is our oyster. There is a good chance we may end up back on Ometepe to complete the hiking trip we failed to complete over Christmas due to Amy's feigned and then real illness! That is week one in a nutshell.