April 10th, 2016

An old family friend sent me a Facebook message last week telling me that her nephew, Nick, was planning to take a trip to Costa Rica with one of his buddies. She had given him our details in case they were able to come visit. On Monday evening, I received a message from Nick asking if he and his friend, Spencer, could come by the following day. We had no guests on Tuesday, so we were delighted to say yes. Both Nick and Spencer graduated the same Coast Guard program and have been friends ever since. They work on separate ships on the coast of British Columbia, but they're schedule of one month of work and one month off work allows them to travel. They decided very spur of the moment to visit Costa Rica. They were super nice guys and spent the whole day with us. They caught some trout and I made them lunch. Kevin gave them the tour and then they went hiking on our trails. Check out their guestbook note here.

Here is Spencer showing off his catch!

And here are Spencer, me and Nick... sometimes a bright sun shining in our faces is not our friend. This is a terrible picture (of me), but life's too short to worry about vanity... I'm glad to have the memory of such a nice day with these two guys.

On Wednesday evening, we went to dinner at our friends' Adriana and Roberto. The dinner was delicious as always and the company even better. We've been so busy this season with the B&B that we simply haven't had much opportunity to socialize, but sometimes it's good to take a break. Then on Thursday, I drove to San Pablo to visit my dear friend, Catalina, and her baby boy, Carlitos. It was so wonderful to catch up.

Today, we received a Canadian couple, Jeanne and Michael, from Quadra Island in B.C. They also caught their dinner, as seems to be the routine around here. We look forward to spending more time with them tomorrow and learning more about them.