Our trip to the coast

Sandy writes:

We woke up early Wednesday morning to get started on our trip to the coast. The Barbary’s live in Playa Hermosa and it is a four hour drive depending on the traffic. With our stop for lunch and our little putter of a car it took a little longer. We stopped along the way at a restaurant that a couple of sisters highly recommended for there milkshakes. It’s called the Monteverde restaurant, in the town of Monteverde. It is known for the dairy products that the Quaker population started in the early 1900’s when they landed there to settle and started there dairies. The milkshakes hit the spot and where very delicious. So after our break we continued on to the coast. The terrain along the way was very different then where we are in the central valley. Much flatter and many open fields for cattle and horses. It’s also our dry season here and it wasn’t as lush as it would be in a few months when the rainy season starts, but it’s still very beautiful. The roads where much straighter and in better condition also, so that made it nice.
We got to the Barbary’s about 1:00 and had a nice visit catching up and Elise and Ken made a fantastic spaghetti dinner before we headed out for there School and Service meeting. It starts at 7:00 and they have a hour drive to the meeting. Taylor rode with us in our car to show us the way and Elise and Ken drove ahead to try and secure us some seats. They have a nice hall with about 29 in the congregation and the group that Ken and Elise are in has about 15. They join together on Tuesdays for the School and meet separately on Sunday. There were about 96 in attendance that night, the largest so far. So as you can gather, it is mostly visitors. Dad loved not having to wear a suit coat and the brothers wear no ties in service. It’s way to hot and humid for it.
Thursday after a wonderful breakfast by Ken, we went sight seeing. We took a few pictures ot one of the marinas down there so Ken and Terry could look at the boats and dream for a bit. Hahaha.
That evening they took us to one of there favorite spots for drinks at half price and to watch the beautiful sunset. Wow did we feel special! Dinner was next with friends and then home to bed.
Friday was adventure day for Meg and Taylor and some of her friends from the congregation. Terry and Ken wanted to kayak and Elise and I chose to just kick back in lounge chairs at this beautiful beach and watch the local people. It was wonderful. After some dinner and the ride home we changed again into our swim suits and jumped into the pool to cool off. What a great way to end a great day.
Saturday was our day to leave, so after coffee and fruit and our good byes we headed out for our trip home. It was a experience all it’s own. But I’ll let Meg tell you about that. We did get some great pictures of the area and the Barbary’s home. One shot is standing just out there front door. Another is standing in the doorway looking into the house. Hope you enjoyed the pictures and our trip to the coast.

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