The trip winds down...

Amazing how fast 6 weeks can fly by! I know I have been a negligent blogger, but not too much has happened over the last week or so. Well, I did get engaged, but I'm not going to blog about that! Telling the story in person is oh-so-much better! After that little tease, I will continue with my trip to Volcano Poas, which is not NEARLY as exciting. :) Hannah and I decided to be adventurous and take public transportation to see the crater of a volcano about an hour from here (aka 2 hours in these slow buses). We got up bright an early on a beautiful, clear Saturday morning and walked to the nearest bus stop by the Mega Super grocery store. Of course, I ran into the store to use the bathroom, and the bus passed by the second I left. Fortunately, another bus came by 15 minutes later, so we were still ahead of schedule. We picked up the second, direct bus in Alajuela, and from there, it was another 2ish hours to get up to the volcano. By the time we got there, we were so ready to be off the bus and taking pics of the crater. Unfortunately, as so often occurs high in the mountains, a huge cloud coverage moved in, and when we got to the edge of the viewing area, all we could see was a wall of white. Talk about a great view...so glad we paid ten bucks for that! Fortunately, there was also a lagoon nearby that was beautiful and, go figure, this side of the mountain was completely sunny! At least we got some good pics there! I had to BUY a picture of the actual crater. Oh, well. We're off for our week of travel on Sunday, and we plan on seeing Volcano Arenal during the day and night. Pray for good weather!!!