Canopy to the Extreme!

For Nicole's last full day in Cahuita we decided to do the canopy and horseback riding tour. I had already done this tour earlier upon my trip with Toya (one of the girls from California). I decided that as much as I wasn't wanting to spend the money, it was one of those things you couldnt' resist doing with your close friend. We were both really excited. It was a little odd and disorganized in the beginning. We weren't quite sure what was going on and this was making Nicole a little anxious. I went first and waited for her to come on the other side. I got some good shots of her coming in and some of the scenery around us. In the picture above that is the river that is below you, called "rio banano."

The horseback riding part of the tour didn't go according to plan. The last time I had been there I had a difficult horse which actually made me very nervous. This time my horse was ok...Nicole's however, was not the best. He actually wouldn't follow any commands and Nicole was starting to get very anxious. I was so nervous about the entire situation all I could do was laugh, which of course does not actually help the situation. In the end, Nicole stopped trying to control the horse and our guide took the reins. Still the situation was not improving and as she turned around with a horrified look, in the midst of my laughter and stopping my own horse I asked our guide if we could please go back. On our way back to the center, there was a wild horse galloping in a near pasture. My horse decided that was a better method of travel and started to take off! My camera flew out of my shirt and Nicole gladly got down from her horse to retrieve it from the ground. I was so nervous my horse was going to stomp on it, luckily that did not happen. Nicole returned to the center by walking and I rode back.

Nicole getting rescued, she and I both go stuck on the second zip line and had to get help getting back! He was more then willing to take a photo and even yelled at me for the appropriate time to take a photo.

Me all ready in my gear for an exciting time in the air with Coley! The sun came out for the entire time we were doing the canopy. It was perfection. The weather was doing wonders for her trip!