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A long-night's sleep was just right for us after all of the past two days' travels. As we headed out in our canoe to check out the day's wildlife, the cloudy skies suggested we might get more rain than forest today, which proved true after about 30 minutes. Ponchos kept us "somewhat" dry, but by the time we returned we were wet enough to have to change clothes. After a delicious lunch the skies started to clear, so we had great temps (not too hot, not wet, just beautiful) when we headed out in the early afternoon. Soon we were watching a mother and baby three-toed-sloth move through the trees, taking in the abundant birds (herons, toucans, and woodpeckers, o my!), and the beautiful, amazing trees.
When we returned to the lodge, the locals were playing a soccer match out on the "field" that is underwater three months out of the year. Because we are headed into the dry season (the rains taper off now through November), the waters of the rainforest area (and when we say waters, we don't mean just the rivers--everything is connected in one giant body of water during the wet season) recede and the locals come out onto the ground again. So the muddy soccer field was primed (if you call it that) for use, but more fun to watch were the children playing their own game. They were actually more concerned about slipping and sliding in the mud, which was why they were so much fun to watch.
Dinner was a delicious fish and rice, with fried banana, a potato/carrot/beet salad, and an unusual fruit called "anas", a mushy/slimy white fruit with big black seeds in it. You eat it a bit like watermelon, only it's squishier and not as sweet. No one at dinner really appeared to like it, but I at a whole piece anyway.
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Ron Kean Very exotic, life changing experience for you both. Happy Father's Day to you. My exotic experience for today is to premiere the short film that Hannah made and the I just finished the music for it. I spent LOTS of hours in the Apple store!