Two Rascals With A Plan

 On one long anticipated Friday I got off work at 2:30 pm. The girls had everything ready to load the moment I pulled in the driveway. As usual, I barked orders being in a hurry to get to where I want to go. Shawn just smiled because he was ready to start the journey, as well.

The Pathfinder laden down we took off to the Esso gas station to fill one of the coolers up with ice. Once again in a rush everything seemed to be going in slow motion. Finally after getting the ice in the cooler, I barked tires getting back on the road and officially embarking on our journey.

And officially a few seconds after the official beginning, Shawn and I had beer in our hands hell bent on having a great time. We were departing to Lake Yojoa in Honduras. We had reservations to stay in cabañas at the Hotel Agua Azul. The Agua Azul is a marvelous place built in the 1930’s and holds an appealing charm. It’s also a historic place and a member of the National Honduras park system. The parks official name is Parque Nacional Cerro Azul Meambar.

Of course, I wanted to get there in a hurry and traffic was heavy. Shawn being the handy man kept handing beers when I needed a little refreshing. The two hour drive really turned out to be amiable once I gave up trying to pass everyone and flowing with the traffic I settled down.

The girls were happy to be going someplace and were talking about all the flower and birds they would be able to observe. Shawn and I were more interested in cool things like fishing, grilling and drinking. However, I had studied up a little on Parque Nacional Cerro Azul Meambar and injected into the girls conversation that the Park has 373 different species of birds. That impressed them and they got more eager with what the park had to offer. Personally I wanted to see a Toucan.

Finally we saw the south end of the lake but we were on our way to the north end. Driving around the lake many people were selling Tilapia that they had caught from the lake but we were not shopping for fish.