Panama Day 9

Today we got up early to go to the Lost Waterfalls hike.  We got up early because Katie says that it is less likely to be rainy in the morning.  It wasn't raining when we got up but by the time we got to the hike about 7:15am, it was misting.  We got up to the gate of the hike where the entrance is about 7:35.  The gate was locked and said that it didn't open until 8am.  We decided to wait but no one came.  We were just to leave at 8:30am when someone came.  It was raining pretty steadily by this time. She told us the hike was closed because of the rain, but Kirt did his magic and talked her in to letting us do it.  I'm so glad he did.  It was so awesome.  We saw 3 amazing waterfalls.  The rain made them have so much water in them and made them that much more incredible.  

Bridge across the river.

2nd waterfall (They recommend that you go by the 1st waterfall that is off the trail a bit and then see it on your way down, so we did.)

On the way to the 3rd waterfall.  It was super steep.  Thank goodness they had ropes to help us climb up and down.

3rd waterfall

Katie, Kirt, and Garret decided they wanted to swim in this pool.  They wanted to swim in one of the waterfall pools, but there was so much water coming over the waterfall that it didn't seem safe.  This pool was down a bit from the 3rd waterfall.  They are crazy.  The water was so cold.

The trail was very muddy and wet

Back down the ropes from the 3rd waterfall

1st waterfall

When we were at the 1st waterfall it started absolutely pouring.  We were soaking wet when we finished.  There were streams of water running down the trail by the time we were walking out from the 1st waterfall. 

We went to lunch at a pizza place in town.  Kirt said this was the best calzone he had ever had.

Pictures of the gardens at our hotel The Garden Inn

Dinner at Tacoholics.  These Birria tacos were so good.

Panama Day 8

Today was another kind of rough vacation day.  We got up and had breakfast at our hotel.  Our hotel has beautiful gardens.  Then we went and tried to go on the Three Waterfalls hike but it was raining so hard that we decided that it wasn't a very good idea to go on it.  Everything that we wanted to do in Boquete was outside but its been raining so hard, that everything is so muddy and flooded so there wasn't really anything to do here that we had planned to do.  We went back to our hotel and set in the hot tub.  Then we watched one of Tanner's basketball games.  We all took a nap and then went to dinner at The Rock.  We went into the town of Boquete and walked around and got dessert.  Then we came back to the hotel and watched a movie.  

Breakfast at the hotel

They leave pineapple out in the bird feeders so there are a lot of pretty birds int he gardens.

Waterfall that we saw on the way up to the The Waterfalls trail.  We drove all the way up there before decided to not hike it.  We met some people that we just finishing it and they said it was a pretty hard hike and that we need hiking shoes to do it.  We were wearing our crocs and tevas and it had started to rain really hard so we decided not to do it today.  We are going to get up really early tomorrow and try again.  Katie says that it doesn't rain very often in the mornings. 

On the way back from the waterfall trail, we stopped at a strawberry store.  They had all kinds of strawberry treats.  Katie says that they grow strawberries in this area.

The gardens at our hotel

The hot tub at our hotel.  It wasn't very hot unfortunately. 

View of the river from The Rock restaurant where we ate dinner.

Ceviche

Kirt's curry soup

They gave us a marshmallows for dessert and we got to roast them.  

City square in downtown Boquete