Once we left Nicaragua it was clear sailing to Costa Rica, well...actually that's not really true, we did get plenty of wet weather on the way. The plan was to get through Costa Rica at a fairly quick pace to be able to get to Ecuador by mid June. As usual, our plans have a way of changing, but then again, that's all part of cruising. The Sarana cruising guide to Costa Rica describes so many beautiful places and anchorages to explore that we couldn't resist wanting to visit as many as we could. After having been here a month we have gotten to stay in so many beautiful bays. We anchored in Bahia Santa Elena, where we met 2 geologists from Texas while we hiked to a waterfall. We weren't sure if we were turning at the right dried creek bed and as we pondered that, we spotted a 4 wheel drive coming our way down this dirt path. Out popped Volken and Jake and with their hand held GPS we discovered we were on the right path. We hiked for about an hour to the waterfalls and both enjoyed a cool dip. Once we hiked out again we marked the path with a mound of rocks so our new friends could find it later. I received an email from Jake, he said they found the falls and aside from being a place to cool off the falls were of geologic significance. So we did our bit for science.
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