Geodog: The Joads come to town: our tent cabin at the Macal River Camp, with laundry hanging up to dry.
Geodog: Home, sweet home. Our tent cabin at the Macal River Camp. Spartan, but spotlessly clean. No fan, so very hot.
Geodog: Hilberto, the great birding guide at Chaa Creek.
Geodog: Violaceous trogan
Geodog: Violaceous trogan
Geodog: Iguana on branch overlooking the Macal River.
Geodog: The fabulous pool at Chaa Creek made a nice counterpoint to the rustic accommodations at the Macal River Camp.
Geodog: The disappearing edge of the swimming pool at Chaa Creek. Every kid who saw it said "they should have built a slide". Maybe someday they will.
Geodog: The dining room at Chaa Creek.
Geodog: Our incredibly sweet waitress at Chaa Creek.
Geodog: Another shot of the fabulous pool at Chaa Creek. The sad part is that they decided to build it after they government built a dam on the Macal River which made the river suspect to swim in.
Geodog: Spiny iguana next to the Macal River trail.
Geodog: Enormous stand of bamboo on Macal River trail. 5 foot 7 boy next to bamboo for scale.
Geodog: Headed up the Macal River, against the current. When I paddled the river in 1994, it was crystal clear, but now it is muddy because of recent rains and the dam.
Geodog: We gain a passenger in the canoe, a grasshopper.
Geodog: It looks like our old friend from Costa Rica, Mandibles.
Geodog: Basilisk lizard.
Geodog: Full moon poking through the trees and clouds.
Geodog: Flowers.
Geodog: Ouch Tree
Geodog: Flycatcher
Geodog: Cactus blossom
Geodog: Black Orchid, the National Flower of Belize, growing beside a trail.
Geodog: Black Orchid, the National Flower of Belize, growing beside a trail.
Geodog: Map of the hiking trails on the Chaa Creek property.
Geodog: Blue Morpho butterflies feeding at the butterfly farm.
Geodog: Butterfly farm
Geodog: Exhibit at Chaa Creek Nature Center: Birds Without Borders-Aves Sin Fronteras is a research, education, and conservation project sponsored by the Foundation for Wildlife Conservation, Inc. (FWC) and the Zoological Society of Milwaukee (ZSM). Who knew that
Geodog: Blue Morpho on Tim's shoulder.
Geodog: Afternoon crowd at the pool.