Wow! It's been a long time since I've written! I am finally back in beloved Yelapa! I knew when I left there would be a way to get back here. I knew that this was a special place; a magical, living, breathing piece of the earth whom I would get to know better.
Cindy and I came down in January for a week to get out of the cold and to see what Yelapa might be like in winter. Perfect temperatures: Seventy-five in the day time, and sixty at night, with some humidity and waves crashing on the rocks below our modest hotel room, confirmed what we thought: we needed to get a place of our own here, whether part time or full time.
I hooked up with a few of my Yelapa friends and put the word out that I would be interested in house sitting again, but for a shorter time; less than six months. It wasn't long after when I received word from my friend, Cheryl Rawson that she could use a house sitter August and September, so I jumped at the chance! Although summer is harsh at times, it is still a most magical time, the jungle teeming with life, and all things, including the plants, seem to breathe in unison, in a cadence that is hard to define, but you can feel it.
So I am here now. Friends met me on the beach to welcome me "Home", and then I was invited to celebrate the "Star of David" astrological event on the beach. The energy I felt was amazing. Suddenly I feel refreshed and encouraged. I feel like I could actually get out and hike for miles. It might have helped that just a day before coming here I had spent a week with the Wounded Warrior Project in Park City, Utah being uplifted by fellow veterans and encouraged beyond my perceived threshold. Yes, I managed to make it through the ropes course!
So now I am here. I have set a couple of goals: One is to participate in yoga, and the other is to walk more, and go places when I am invited. Basically, to get healthier.
I have been here two nights now, and it has rained twice, once heavily; a typical thunderstorm, but not as bad as it could be. I am also trying to keep the noseeums from biting, although sometimes it's futile. I brought my Jungle Block, and it has helped, but I have to remember to apply it everywhere, including my toes. I am definitely a bug magnet. Blood type O Pos, and probably expel more Carbon Dioxide than any other living thing!
So as I write this I am sitting up in bed, safely tucked away in the fine mosquito netting Cheryl provided. All windows and doors are open, and just outside my windows is the jungle. I am listening to many thousands of insects and frogs, and who knows what else. It's six in the morning and still dark. I smell rain, but I haven't heard it hit the ground yet. I love this place...
Cindy and I came down in January for a week to get out of the cold and to see what Yelapa might be like in winter. Perfect temperatures: Seventy-five in the day time, and sixty at night, with some humidity and waves crashing on the rocks below our modest hotel room, confirmed what we thought: we needed to get a place of our own here, whether part time or full time.
I hooked up with a few of my Yelapa friends and put the word out that I would be interested in house sitting again, but for a shorter time; less than six months. It wasn't long after when I received word from my friend, Cheryl Rawson that she could use a house sitter August and September, so I jumped at the chance! Although summer is harsh at times, it is still a most magical time, the jungle teeming with life, and all things, including the plants, seem to breathe in unison, in a cadence that is hard to define, but you can feel it.
So I am here now. Friends met me on the beach to welcome me "Home", and then I was invited to celebrate the "Star of David" astrological event on the beach. The energy I felt was amazing. Suddenly I feel refreshed and encouraged. I feel like I could actually get out and hike for miles. It might have helped that just a day before coming here I had spent a week with the Wounded Warrior Project in Park City, Utah being uplifted by fellow veterans and encouraged beyond my perceived threshold. Yes, I managed to make it through the ropes course!
So now I am here. I have set a couple of goals: One is to participate in yoga, and the other is to walk more, and go places when I am invited. Basically, to get healthier.
I have been here two nights now, and it has rained twice, once heavily; a typical thunderstorm, but not as bad as it could be. I am also trying to keep the noseeums from biting, although sometimes it's futile. I brought my Jungle Block, and it has helped, but I have to remember to apply it everywhere, including my toes. I am definitely a bug magnet. Blood type O Pos, and probably expel more Carbon Dioxide than any other living thing!
So as I write this I am sitting up in bed, safely tucked away in the fine mosquito netting Cheryl provided. All windows and doors are open, and just outside my windows is the jungle. I am listening to many thousands of insects and frogs, and who knows what else. It's six in the morning and still dark. I smell rain, but I haven't heard it hit the ground yet. I love this place...
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