No rain this morning just clouds as Arenal is not visable and if you didn’t know you’d never think a volcano was right in front of you. But that is common and the clouds should burn off by late morning. At breakast we decided white water rafing was in order as their are a number of different trips you can take. We decided against the float trip as much of the wild life is small and alligators would only be out if the weather was right. So we booked a trip with Wave Expeditions that was a 2 hours on the water that included lunch. It was well worth it. The water was great, rapids were challenging but not to scary (class 2 & 3) and views were excellent. After getting out of the river we headed just up the road to a resturant for lunch. What an unbelievable spot for a resturaunt. One of the best views of the Arenal we have had yet.

Once back at the resort we had an opportunity to go view the volcano just after dusk. We were pretty worn out from the rafting so an hour or so’s rest before heading out again seemed to be a good idea. It was about a 30 minute drive to the volcano and their are a number of viewing areas where tourists gather at dusk, and later, to view small eruptions. It was a cloudy night so not much was viewable but we did get to see some lava flowing and large bright bolders tumbling down if only for a a minute or two here and there.

After about 30 minutes at the volcano we headed back to town for dinner. We stopped by Wave Expeditions store to check out their pics from rafting and piced up a CD for $35. A decent deal as that was for both boats as Amy and Alan were not in the same boat as Kay and I. We then stopped in at Nannes for dinner, a quiet little place a block down from the square. The night was capped off with a magic trick from the waiter that like most was to obvious to be figured out without a magician’s slow explanation.