Punta Leona

We had a long break over the weekend and we decided to go for the closest beach at Punta Leona. We had heard good things about it, and it was only a 2 hour drive away so this was definitely a place we wanted to try out. The Marten family (Andrew & Claudia with kids Samuel & Bethany - from Canada) and The Reeds (J.D. & Rhonda with kids Abie & Nathan - from West Virginia) went with us. We were so excited to get away from school with friends and get out of the Dos for a while (San Francisco De Dos Rios).

Then it started to rain.

And rain.

And rain.

And rain.

And rain.

And rain.

Our driver, Fernando, said he wasn't sure we were going to be able to make it to Punta Leona because of some mudslides on the highway there...but he was going to try. We barely made it there. Roads were closing all around us!

And then it rained some more.

And finally it was kind of cloudy, so we made the most of it at the beach.

Then we moved the party to the pool for the rest of the weekend. This way we could run under the covered area when it rained every 20 minutes. The kids loved swimming in the rain!

Enjoying the break from the rain

Our covered rain hideout right by the pool

We saw all kinds of animals everywhere. Maybe this is a squirrel with a really long tail?

Monkeys watching us at breakfast. Kind of creepy.

They would make a run for it if we weren't looking and steal our sugar packets off the table!

Some sort of anteater thingy? Also wanting our food

We really enjoyed vacationing with the Martens and the Reeds, but the rain was difficult. Punta Leona is very spread out and we had the smallest room at the hotel. Wouldn't have been a big deal if we could have gotten out to walk around! But we were drenched most of the time and our stuff never dried.

We really enjoyed the evenings when we put all the kids in one hotel room and the adults hung out in the room next door. The Reed's daughter, Abie, was the babysitter and we paid her in Pringles.

After 3 days and nights of torrential rain, we were ready to go home...but then there were more mudslides. Fernando barely made it back to get us and he said there was only one road that was open. We decided to go for it.

Ground falling

Concrete crumbling

Water pouring

Traffic forming

Mud sliding

We made it home with very little problems...praise the Lord! I'm definitely not used to praying that the Lord will keep the road intact as we drive over it.

We have decided that we will not be traveling any more during rainy season. We're staying at home sweet home. It has now rained for 15 days straight.