On our friends Honeymoon in Costa Rica

Costa Rica!!!! This was so much fun mostly because of the people we went with. we love them dearly they are so awesomely amazing people and so fun to be around. Our good friends from Colorado invited us on thier Honeymoon to Costa Rica Puerto Viejo. WE had good times chillin, surfin, hiking, eating and swimming. Our little cabin was nice and cozy and the people there were so nice. Thanks to Andy and Jen for inviting us. Here is the link to our picasa web album if you want to lok at more pics. http://picasaweb.google.com/Danny.M.Bates/709CostaRica#

Danny is afraid of sloths. those claws are dangerous looking even though they cant catch you. baaahhhaaa!!
Old time friends
Nice hikeBread and chocolate. a great place to eat

the whole soccer clan. they also gave us a ride back to our cabin since my bike got a flat, so nice
playing some soccer with some new random costa rican friends
this is a funny pic for many reasons
this hot black guy disturbed me while practicing my uke and i was glad sorry danny this guys mine now! this sand just stuck to him so well
love these guys! the honeymooners. i dont think we ruined their honeymoon too much (i hope) hehe
Here we are at the bus saying goodbye waaahh!
I actually got up it was fun surfing the the ride was over too soon cuz the waves were so small.

Danny got up easy even on his first try. he looks so gnarly here! hehe
waiting for the bus playing my ukulele danny bought for me for my b-day.

Vancouver trip the last days

The last of our vancouver trip pics. What a great trip it was we saw so much and surprisingly didnt hurt our bank account with all we saved from eating ramen, hotdogs, and camping most the time! Wesley did so good the whole time and we think he had fun too!

.Day 14 taking a dip/bath in hells canyon the snake river. This river is so wide and awesome!



Day 13 Alot of driving and Hells canyon for a picnic and camp



Day 12 First part of the drive home we saw Mt. Hood from so many places.
Wesley wanted to show his skills. He held tight to the rock but couldnt get both feet up yet. come on wes!!!


Day 12 climbing and bouldering on Elwha wall in olympic national park. It was good climbing but there were parts where the rock was falling apart



Day 12 Sol Duc falls hike. Olympic national park washington. yeah!




Day 12 Sol Duc Falls hike Olympic Park washinton still.



Day 11 Later that night we went to Sol Duc camping area and they had natural hot springs there. Warm and stinky it was and wes loved it. The trees were so furry! Olympics national park is where Twilight was filmed if anyone was curious, they love to claim that!




Day 11 This was Hurricane ridge in Olympic Park washington. It was cool to see the mountains and the ocean in the back. We did a couple of hikes here. The lower ones are pics of us on another ferry to Olympics National Park.

The mother load of pics Vancouver road trip day 5 6 7 8 9 10

Here is a load of pics from our vancouver trip that we wanted to still share. there is still more to come but it takes too long for my patience. The order is backwards and not very organized sorry. Our friend Booke and John had to leave early so we missed them on the rest of the trip. Below is Day 10 Vancouver Island/Victoria Island camping and sightseeing. Cold dirty beach but beautiful buildings. great place to retire!




More Day 10 Car Ferry to Sydney BC/Victoria Island




Day 9 bike around Vancouver. Stanley park was amazing. Wes loved the little water zone area. Then we camped at Birch Beach.




Still day 9 more pics biking around Vanvoucouver





Day 8 China gardens in vancouver. Day 8 we saw and covered a lot of areas.


Day 8 More of the top of the gondola to see the city.




More Day 8 Some bridge pics and a 2 mile hike straight up to see the whole city and ate dinner up top!




And more Day 8 Sightseeing Vancouver and their Famous tall and long bridge/park (i forget the name of the bridge). We took a bus then a boat then a bus to get here. Great public transportation!



Day 7 climbing at Squamish (climbing barefoot a first and not recommended)




Day 6 lots of driving, arriving in Vancouver, and eating

Day 5 Seattle and desolation pass where we camped.




Day 5 Climbing at Mt Erie with the beautiful puget sound in the back!










The 4 th day riding around Portland, it was a little cold at times.