Costa Rica day 61 Mar. 9

After breakfast we went for a long walk to the East end of the beach. The tide was a long way out and I paced it off from the water to the high water mark from last night. 150 paces and it went out farther as we walked. I wish I'd taken the mask and fins with us as with the tide being so low it would have been good snorkelling. We didn't bring the fins as they were excess cargo in our backpacks. At the far end of the beach was a large fishing trawler that had come in. They had just unloaded their catch into some large stryofoam tanks on the back of a truck to be taken to market. The tidal pools donated some brittle starfish to the collection and another couple came across a large beautiful shell. That convinced me that tomorrow I'll take the mask in the hopes I can find something offshore. The walk took about 2 hours and it was time for lunch by the time we got back. It was again time for a hammock and a cold one. I showed a slide show to Tona from Norway and Jim our landlord and he enlightened us on Costa Rica having been born here and educated in the U.S. He's been here for about 20 years but doesn't own this property just the buildings. He has 8 year leases. That''s quite an investment for such a short lease.
After the slideshow we went to check out the tide which was now quite high. Like really high and washing around the log we used for a bench. It's supposed to get even higher tonight so we moved the log so we'd have it for tomorrow.
Lots of bats out tonight and the familiar sound of what I guess to be maybe the grasshoppers in the trees. As soon as the sun goes down they start their song. It begins as a vibration that builds in intensity and becomes almost a loud whistle which lasts for about 30 seconds. I've never heard anything like it before. It goes from a one cylinder engine trying to start to a full out turbine!
It's hard to believe we only have another 2 1/2 weeks left but this is a great place to become beach bums after all the miles we've covered. It's nice to go to bed and know we don't have to haul our packs to another bus station and head off once more.