The Ocelot Left

Yesterday the buzz was how it was day 2 without any rain. Jack mowed the lawn for Bart and it was still wet. It looks nice. Hannah and I tried to take the bus to Santa Cruz, just the two of us, but we waited on the road for an hour and it never came. It was kind of a let down but that's the way things roll here. You just never know if the bus broke down or what. Which, chances are, that's probably what happened. We often wonder what happens when a bus breaks down and it's packed with people. Does everyone just start walking or do they call another bus, which I'm sure, takes forever to come? I wouldn't want to be on a bus if it breaks down. We see alot of them on the side of the road.
We got back to the house and decided to ride over to Elliots because Jack owed him some money for the power pole that his workers made for our lot. It was so nice riding over there. We were all feeling so warm and fuzzy when we turned on the road leading to his house. I was pretending like I was crying and Hannah was laughing at me. It felt so good to be riding that road. It was dry. There wasn't a puddle on it. We hadn't seen it like that before. We got to Elliots and it was wierd to not pull right into the casita and jump off the bikes and rinse off in the outside shower. It wasn't our casita anymore. We walked into Elliots and he warmly greeted us with hugs. It was great to see him. We saw Bob, who was so happy to see us, and Chica and Nikki, the dogs. Rosa and Pancho were quiet and we said hello to them. We asked where OC, the ocelot was and Elliot said she left. He hadn't seen her for 5 days and figured she went off to the wild where she belongs. We were so sad but happy at the same time. Elliot said that right after we left she caught an Iguana about a foot long and ate it. A good sign indeed. He was asking all of his neighbors if they had seen her because he was worried if she shows up at someones house they would take her in. No one had seen her. So, it's decided that she went on her own will and is growing up where she should be growing up. Hopefully she'll survive. I'm so glad we have video and pictures of her. What a treat to have her for the time we did. Elliot did get a new pet bird that someone found on the side of the road. He saves animals and everyone knows it here so if something is found they bring it to Elliot and he'll take care of it. This bird is a Parakeet and is hurt. He's nursing it back. She's pretty.
We rode away feeling so refreshed that we went for a visit and went back to the house and went for a swim.
Jack and I decided to ride to Panilla, the town, and dump the trash. The bad thing about staying where we are is trying to figure out what to do with our trash. Panilla has trash cans surrounding the soccer field so when no one is on the field it's easy to dump the trash. Yesterday when we pulled up it was going on with everyone on the field and we felt not right dumping it so blatently. So, we picked up some essentials at the store and rode back with our trash. Bart and Liz really need to pay the $14/month for trash pick up. Do it you two. You'll be glad you did. Or maybe not. But the convenience would be worth it in my book.
We rode to the beach for a sunset view and a beer and it was so peaceful. The sunsets have been pretty much non-existant here as far as the sun literally dropping off in the horizon. It's to cloudy on the ocean so the sun is never seen as it's setting. We still have yet to see a clear sunset. I'm not sure we will given the fact it's rainy season.
The monkeys are going off right now. I wish I had my camera. They are crawling around the trees, playing and happy. I never see them on the ground. I'm not sure they ever walk around on the ground.
Time to go enjoy the beach. It's sunny and it looks like day three of no rain. We'll see.
Chow!