It Rains!

We finally had our first rain of the season. It was a hot sunny day like anyother and then these huge clouds rolled in with a crash of thunder and lightning in the middle of the afternoon. It was so beautiful. We walked out onto the beach from the garden and just stood in the lapping surf getting soaked by this torrential warm downpour. It was the kind of rain that soaks you within seconds. Fortunately I already had my bathing suit on! We just let it run down our faces and soak our hair. The ocean was still really green and it just churned.

The bar I work at had to shut down because it's mostly outdoors, and the electrical outlets had some problems. However by the following day it was all up and running again.

After the first rain of the season all the little crabs that have been living in the mountains head to the ocean to mate or lay their eggs, not sure which. Millions of them stream across the roads and across kitchen floors and into bathrooms and bedrooms and over pets and they just get everywhere. Tessa and I were relaxing at home not realizing what was going on and I went into the kitchen and there were about 50 of them scurrying around on the floor. At first we were screetching because the clickety clack of their little claws is kinda gross but after awhile we got used to it. They run away from you anyway so its not so bad. By the next day they were mostly all gone. Have of them flattened on the road seems like. They have purple bodies with little beady black eyes and pink legs. The largest are about three inches wide and long. What a trip!

My roomie has left, Tessa is off to Pavones to visit some friends for a while. I'll miss her but I'm looking forward to more alone time. The town is beginning to empty out. Easter Sunday will be the last hurrah of the season and then this place will be like a ghost town compared to February when I arrived. The quiet is a little eerie but calming.

Take care everyone at home and abroad who is reading this.