{"id":7687,"date":"2024-03-25T20:47:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-25T07:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/myblogary.com\/?p=7687"},"modified":"2024-03-28T21:38:14","modified_gmt":"2024-03-28T08:38:14","slug":"its-raining-its-pouring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myblogary.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/25\/its-raining-its-pouring\/","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s Raining, It\u2019s Pouring"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

March 25<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The wind and rain were so loud at 3:30 a.m. that the storm woke me up. I hunkered down under the covers and fell back to sleep.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Have a listen to this crazy rain.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Still raining when we woke up, Mitch got the fire going to ward off the morning chill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We sat in the conservatory, ate breakfast, and listened to the birds singing in the garden. The Eurasian blackbird and Song thrushes<\/a> were frequent visitors as were a pair of T\u016b\u012bs, a few Bellbirds, Finches and Sparrows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We got out the binoculars and saw finches and fantails frolicking in the flax bushes outside the kitchen window. At least someone was enjoying the dreary weather.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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White Heron<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Rain in Ok\u0101rito means pretty much all activities are cancelled. No kayaking, no boating on the lagoon, no hiking and definitely no flying in a helicopter. (That would be Mitch, not me.) I\u2019m keeping both feet safely planted on the ground. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

He\u2019s hoping for clear skies later in the week to take the scenic flight over the glaciers and do a snow landing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The rain stopped a few hours later and the sun shone through, so we quickly decided to hike the Trig Walk<\/a>, a gentle, uphill 2.6 mile hike near our cottage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We began on the boardwalk over wetlands and had the pleasure of seeing a White Heron, or Kotuku<\/a>. We later learned from the locals that his name is Heronius.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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