Nicaraguan Animals in Trees

One morning I was rudely awakened by the howler monkeys cavorting in the nearby trees.  They were incredibly noisy.  They made the most unusual, very loud howling growl.  The first time I heard them I  didn’t know what to think.  The howl was most unusual.  I tried to take some photos of them swinging in the trees.  

 Then one day at their beach we were told there was a sloth in the tree.  So I did my very best to get a photo of him.  If you look very hard to can see him clinging to the trunk of the crotch of a tree

Nicaragua—My view

This is the view from the door of the apartment where I am staying.  Very lush vegetation with lots of palm trees.  

A balcony overlooks the pool.  Very nice for cooling off at the end of the day.

This fellow came to visit on my first night in San Juan.  He looks like a large, overgrown grasshopper with large biting parts.

Nicaragua

I have now traveled to Nicaragua, specifically, the Pacific coastal town of San Juan del Sur.  This little town, once a fishing village, now caters to a youthful surfing clientele from around the world. The beaches both north and south are well known in the surfing world.  The town is even featured on the cover of Lonely Planet-Nicaragua.

Lunar Eclipse

I watched the lunar eclipse last week.  It was interesting to watch the earth’s shadow travel across the moon.  I tried to take some pictures, but mine did not turn out nearly as well as this one from the Daily Summit Newspaper.  

Breckenridge

 My friend, Barbara, and I at the top of Breckenridge’s Peak 7, on our last day of skiing on this trip.  We will be back later in the season.

The View From My Window

Looking out the large picture window in the condo, we see this spectacular view across the gulf course. 

Before it became a golf course, elk could be seen grazing in the meadow and finding respite from the wind in the trees and willows just beyond.  My friend hasn’t seen them in a while and wonders if the increased development has had an influence on their behavior.

You can see the tracks of cross-country skiers traversing the edge of the golf course just before the sun makes it way over the mountain. 

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The Top of the Mountain

 Here I am at the top of the Lenawee Lift at Arapahoe Basin.  Much of the skiing here at Arapahoe is well above timberline.  You can see the craggy peaks in the background.  Just after my friend took this picture the wind came up and the blowing snow made visibility  difficult.   No falls today.  All body parts safely in tack.

The view at Arapahoe Basin is spectacular.  Everywhere you look you see mountain peaks.  the summit at Arapahoe is at 13,050 feet.  The lodge is at about 10,000 feet.  It is the They get over 350 inches of snow annually.

 The sun is just coming over the mountain to light up the rest of our day.