Just a quick post with a variety of pictures...

Just a few pictures

from a few days. They include sections of Mila's yard and her rooster.

Here is a picture of an indigenous mom and her son.  Blanca engaged them in conversation and discovered they hadn't eaten.  She bought them their lunch.

I was driving in steep, twisty Panamanian mountain roads.  We came across some workers picking oranges.  Blanca asked if we could take their picture and they laughed and said, 'Si!'

Then Blanca asked for 2 oranges and they tossed us a couple.  (The light was in the wrong direction.)

A day of (mis)adventure...

What a day!  Instead of travel adventures it was a day of travel misadventures.

Misadventure #1 - Costa Rica
Prospero thought it would be a good idea to take a look at one of the Costa Rican towns just over the border.  So that's what we did.  We shouldn't have bothered since there was virtually nothing to see except the town square.  That wouldn't have made it a misadventure except it was almost intolerably hot.

Misadventure #2
I can no longer claim I have never bribed an officer of the law.

Misadventure #3
After travelling home to Chiltre for 3 1/2 hours we discovered we were locked out!  Mila and her daughter Magita had just left for an evening out and didn't get home for another 4 hours!  ( We hadn't let them know when we were returning.)

Thank goodness for the hospitality of Corina while we waited!!

One bright spot was a short detour off the freeway to have a photo opportunity of a spectacular beach.  Must return one day to experience it.

Boquete area

Blanca's friend Prosperous spent the day with us and showed us around.  Pictures include his property, views of the vołcano Baru, a mountain waterfall, a coffee tree in bloom, some general scenery and a spot in town where in January there was a flower festival.

More pictures will be posted once I can steal them from Blanca since she got many on her

tablet that I didn't capture.

Vulcan area

Today we drove to the Volcan area where we will stay a couple of days.  Drove through astonishing beautiful scenery but no areas to stop on the highways for pictures.

However, had the fish for dinner.  Ferocious looking fish I must add.  Blanca told me I was ordering breaded fish but admitted she must have been mistaken.  :-)

The other place is a delightful restaurant with authentic Italian food by a woman from Italy.

We can't see the volcano today because it was too misty.

We also strolled around the grounds of the hotel where Blanca and John had their honeymoon 30 years ago.

Visiting and shopping..

Today Blanca visited with a number of her friends and then we did some shopping.

We went back to the local beach and goodness what a different type of beach seeing it now with the tide in.

Cashew tree!

Isla Iguana

The best pictures are on my camera because I didn't want to carry my tablet around with me much, but it was a magical day in a very beautiful location.  Alas, despite much precaution I still got a sun burn.

Topped off the day with a lovely supper.  A friend of Blanca, cousin to the owner of the restaurant, and a very wealthy man, secretly told them to put our meals on his account.  What a nice man!  What a nice surprise!

My choice had been Hawaiian pork chops, beautifully presented.