It’s 2010. Twenty-Ten – don’t you like the sound of that? In honor of the new decade I’m putting out of my mind that it’s been a month since posting a blog. Let’s start anew without resolutions. They just cause stress. And thus begins my recollection of a first in a lifetime experience, up in a tree house.
You’d think that the rainy season would be the perfect season for the Rain Forest Aid concert on the Osa Peninsula of Costa Rica, but hardly anyone came and most of those have gone home – the ones who could slip and slide their cars out of the parking lot. At the finale, the rain pours down on the soccer field splashing mud up to our asses. Barely audible through the pounding rain I hear, “And now, the big raffle prize! The ultimate tree house experience, a weekend stay at Finca Bellavista goes to …… Jill Green.”
“Wow! I did it.” My persistence has paid off. This obscure concert, its meager attendance dwindled by constant rain, has raised my chances of winning the big prize by a huge percentage. First I had to find the booth with the raffle box in which to stuff my ticket stub. Even the concert (dis)organizers sent me on a wet and wild goose chase. “Bellavista? Never heard of them. Try the bar tent; they oughta know.”
Pushing through the only dry crowd, I ask the bartender.
“Never heard of Bellavista, but try the booths out on the edge of what’s left of the soccer field.”
Finally I hit paydirt – a small box plastered with a Bellavista pamphlet, a smiling young couple behind it. “This must be the place offering the tree house adventure?”
“Yes.”
“I had a hard time finding you guys. Even the organizer, who lives in a tree house, didn’t know there was a tree house vacation raffle.”
“Yea. Pretty unorganized,” the guy introduces himself, “Hi, I’m Matt. You’ve got a good chance of winning.”
“And I’m Erica. Hardly anybody’s found the way over here to stuff their stubs.”
My on-again-beau is by my side when I deliver from the heart, “It’s for two. You wanna go with me?”
“Of course.” His grin becomes a kiss.
“How about when we both return to Costa Rica in the fall?”
“What a perfect place for a rendezvous after an extended separation,” he twinkles.
Tune in next time for the encounter.
A good muddy story with a promising ending. A little loaded, no? The ins and outs of on-again, off-agains, eh? Looking forward to the next post and sending you the very best vibes for a positive experience. xo LAL
You need to finish telling the tree house story because I know about the next adventure coming up in February in Nicaragua.
I am tuned in Jill! WOW – 2010 is here. The upcoming tree house stories will be very interesting. Love ya.