Volcano! 😲

Hey Peeps - Brian here… So we’d heard that our resort sits at the base of a massive volcano (it’s kinda why we came here), but it had been hiding behind clouds ever since we got here.

Until Tuesday.

I’d been waking up early each day to check and see if our “volcano view bungalow” would show anything during the early-morning golden hours, but after three days of nada, I wasn’t expecting much.

So I was shocked - speechless, actually, which is an uncommon feeling for me - when I pulled back the drapes and saw… Volcán Arenal.

It was majestic.

We quickly changed our plans for the day to include a hike around the volcano (unfortunately not to the top of it - they stopped doing that a long time ago) and got some good exercise and learned about how the volcano has shaped the land and the history of this area.

Then it was “Katie Day,” and she chose to challenge her fears and have us all go on a zip-lining tour. She came into the tour VERY afraid of zipping along at 45 mph a couple hundred feet off the jungle floor… but she did it 9 times and LOVED it. 💪🏻 She then followed it up with a 135-foot rappel down a cliff side. 😲

Heather and I were SO proud of her for facing her fears, and of Maddie for being nothing but loving, supportive, and encouraging the entire time (not to mention brave in her own right). 🥰

We met an awesome couple in their 20s on the zip line tour, and they told the girls how cool Heather and I are… so we love them now. 🤣

We wrapped up the day with some well-deserved volcanic-spring pool time, and a couple fun beverages to boot. Heather’s and mine were more fun than the girls’.

Today was more chill, with the girls enjoying the pools and me working on photos and a video for my YouTube channel.

Hope you’re all well, and we’ll chat soon! Pura Vida!Les mer