Nature trail at Lagarta Lodge in Nosara (July 29, 2023)

Room for all in the 12-passenger van. Micah and Otis opted out of trail hiking.

Walking above the mud (thank goodness!) in the Reserva Biologica, a nature preserve next to the Lagarta Lodge on Costa Rica's Nicoya Peninsula. 

Stumps and roots! 

Maybe an old bridge support?

We saw no animals except for one tropical bird, a flock of chickens (!), this land crab, and termites.

We walked down to the river but saw no crocodiles. Maybe a good thing?

So happy to see the hotel sign after more than an hour in the humidity and heat.

True words: "When the last tree is cut down, the last fish eaten and the last stream poisoned, you will realize that you cannot eat money." --Native American saying

Termite nest

What goes down, must go up. Steps up to the hotel from the nature trail.