Transport to Las Cruces (Dec. 9, 2019)

Late Evening All,

Today was consisted of traveling from the hotel to Las Cruces and made many interesting stops on the way.  I was on a quest at every stop to find hot cheetos but wasn't fortunate but I'm not giving up, as well as looking for tamarindo, I still haven't found it but Juan said there would be some in Las Cruces so I am pretty stoked about that.  The most favorable stop we made today was at the Cerro de la Muerte which is the "Mountain of Death" when we hiked to the top, Juan had shared the history behind why it was called that, basically it was an economic move where the locals were told to leave so there could be possibly developments and as the people were unprepared to travel they were dieing of illness, cold wet weather conditions, the mountainous terrain with shrubs everywhere and cliffs that just drop off.  It hit home with myself and few others as we have had out ancestors experience the same thing when land was stolen from our people forced out to move in order for settlement and etc.  Just a quick reflection to that was thought about.  Juan also thought it'd be a great idea to hold our flag when we made it to a peak and as myself and corbin held the flag, it felt we were going to fly away like the flag became a parachute lol but we managed (our tribe, Yakama Nation provided us with a Yakama Nation flag to represent who we are and share the culture).  It was a cloudy day so it was tough getting the background but it will have to be a memory we carry on the type of day it was and our visual to cherish.  The drive in experience seemed like a dangerous highway and definitely needed to be an experienced driver here, the roads are tight narrow and windy, made a few of us sick but we made it safe.  We got to see and hear toucans right away, spotted some frogs, as well as an Agouti which is a large rodent.  I plan to go out earlier in the morning for walk to see some more and bird watch.  I also wanted to share the food was really good today when we got here and now it is about that time to call it a night in the cabin which is "Ardilla" that means Squirrel, my first cabin when I went to a youth camp was squirrel within the Yakama Nation and now the first cabin I received in Costa Rica is Squirrel as well, pretty cool, anyway....

Good Night :)



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