7/3 The End of the Road
Okay blog readers, the Carters/Faulconer/Yager crew made it to Costa Rica. It was more challenging to drive here by far. Laura, of course, read up on everything, but the rest of us were clueless. Costa Rica has been saving millions by not posting signs anywhere. I mean we have seen 4 and it's a big deal when we do see them. So, we rented a car from Adobe Rental Car, declined the GPS and headed on our way with a paper map of Costa Rica. We managed really well overall until San Ramon where we had a minor snafu when the ATM we hopped out to use didn't work and we were separated for a minute. We found each other without cell phones! Then, we found a bank and managed to get some Cólones. We managed to find our road and stopped outside of town at a yummy restaurant called La Choza de Doña Emilce.
After lunch, we headed up north on Route 702, well at least we thought it was until we saw an actual sign that said so. The roads are windy and hilly, there are one way bridges, we went up and down around the switchback, up the switchback. Okay, I'm going to stop because Tilghman will start getting queasy again and maybe Les will too. We made it to a town called La Fortuna in the late afternoon and proceeded to get lost repeatedly. I asked a bunch of people and finally the lady at the chicken shack got me figured out.
That's when the real magic happened. We stopped to get drinks to hold us over, then Laura and Les got some pastries and headed towards our hotel. The sun started going down, the landmarks were looking right and we found the police station where we had to turn off the paved road. We start down the road into the middle of nowhere, I mean sugar cane and forest. So, Alden suggests we roll down the windows and open the sun roof to hear the night sounds. It's cool, it sounds great. The road is a mess and Laura is dodging potholes. Then, we start questioning that our hotel exists. No signs! Everyone is exhausted and hangry. It starts raining and the sunroof won't close. Tilghman is trying to explain how I should close it correctly and I'm losing it. Then, we finally see the sign! We almost drive off the cliff getting up to it, but we made it and it's beautiful.
- Sully
After lunch, we headed up north on Route 702, well at least we thought it was until we saw an actual sign that said so. The roads are windy and hilly, there are one way bridges, we went up and down around the switchback, up the switchback. Okay, I'm going to stop because Tilghman will start getting queasy again and maybe Les will too. We made it to a town called La Fortuna in the late afternoon and proceeded to get lost repeatedly. I asked a bunch of people and finally the lady at the chicken shack got me figured out.
That's when the real magic happened. We stopped to get drinks to hold us over, then Laura and Les got some pastries and headed towards our hotel. The sun started going down, the landmarks were looking right and we found the police station where we had to turn off the paved road. We start down the road into the middle of nowhere, I mean sugar cane and forest. So, Alden suggests we roll down the windows and open the sun roof to hear the night sounds. It's cool, it sounds great. The road is a mess and Laura is dodging potholes. Then, we start questioning that our hotel exists. No signs! Everyone is exhausted and hangry. It starts raining and the sunroof won't close. Tilghman is trying to explain how I should close it correctly and I'm losing it. Then, we finally see the sign! We almost drive off the cliff getting up to it, but we made it and it's beautiful.
- Sully
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