Boquetewood

It was a magnificent morning today...sunny, calm, green-green-and more green.  The volcano was resplendent against a azure sky.

And we slept in because we watched a movie till late last night. (11:30 pm is unimaginably late for us!)

I have been having many "I am so lucky to be retired and living in paradise" days.

Maybe because I am working about 75% of the time and I feel useful once again.  Or, maybe just the natural cycle of up and down that life takes at will.  Or maybe I finally let in how fortunate I am to retire early, with my health in tack, my marriage working at it's best and adventure around every corner.

For whatever reason, I have been ecstatic to be here.

A couple of things...

As I was driving home, approaching the Wilson Bridge, I saw 6 teenagers standing around a guy crumpled on the bridge with a pool of blood around his head.

Uh oh!

Here's how my mind works....a sorry thing at best.

I thought, "Damn, I had a relaxing afternoon planned that I don't want to interrupt, and I don't want to drive all the way to David to the hospital to get this kid help and get stuck with the bill and lose the entire rest of my day helping this little shit."

Ok, don't worry too much about me...I also thought, "Shit, looks bad, I'll stop and do whatever I can."

A pulled up next to the group.  Before I could say anything, one kid in perfect english says,"Don't worry, it is a movie!"

These kids were staging an accident for their homemade movie.  And having a blast scaring the crap out of all that were driving by!

Are we the next Bollywood?  Or Boquetewood?

Just kidding.

I drove to my favorite hike this morning. I have been avoiding it because they started to charge $3 for the hike.  But it is the best in Boquete, and the morning was so beautiful that I decided to splurge and cough up the $3.

I hiked, it was great and I thought I was going to get away without paying because there was no one on the trail, no guardian of the gate, no money taker.  As I was walking the final 100 meters of trail, a lady calls out from a house about a block away.

I play dumb by waving cheerfully and walking on.  As I got to my car, I hear her calling me.

Ok, I got caught.

So I walk back to her.  She introduces herself and tells me I have to pay $3.  But she does it so enchantingly that I am charmed.  We chat a little in Spanish.  She even compliments me on my Spanish, a clever ploy to disarm me...that works very well.

In the end, I was happy to pay.  And I felt a little foolish trying to beat her out of $3.

Later this afternoon, we will go hear the newest band in town.  Reportedly, they are very good.

Then back home for dinner and a MOVIE!!!!

Movies are a big deal here.  We haven't seen a movie in many months because they are hard to download and run on our equipment so we kind of gave up.

But NOW, Yella has figured out how to download for our stuff.

Yay!!!!!  MOVIES!!!!