What can I do next?

In my previous blog post, I shared one of the greatest moments of my life — my first lassoing.

Now, a few days later and still relishing in the glory of that momento, i am puzzled by the question of how do I continue from such a grand moment. So where do I go from here? Can anything possibly top what I accomplished when roping that bovine.

Well, I guess I Could do it blind-folded. Or I could lasso in the open range, catching a cow who has fled from the herd Or I could get two at once. Or I could do it with my legs instead of my arms. Or I could do all of these things naked.

Well, I haven’t the opportunity to go back to the farm yet, so you just wait for the photo that will go in the next Team Alex calendar.

In the meantime, I got to thinking about what the hell approaches about the shear outstandingness of pretending to be a cowboy. And then I looked up and saw this hilarious tree, standing in front of me and decided that I will start by showing you a picture of this tree.





You might remember this species of tree, the ceibo, from when the Brothers Robinson ventured into the nature reserve. Well, two weeks later and that tree is in full bloom. Normally, the ceibo looks like it came straight out of a Dr. Seuss book or Tim Burton. When in bloom, it looks like one of those trees, except with cotton balls on the end.



And then I looked just to the right of what I was looping at and I saw a porotillo, another tree that is native to this region, that is also in bloom. RIght now, it has this bright red flowers that almost look like they aren’t real — oh, they real and they’re spectacular (Thanks, Jackie).

I then looked just to the side of the one I was looping at and saw a hualtaco. It is another tree native to the region that is known for being some of the most durable lumber you can find. And for that reason, it is difficult to find any of these hualtaco trees anywhere. It looks like a relative of the ceibo tree. Slightly less hilarious, but obviously with better lumber because there are many more ceibos left standing than hualtacos.


And then I turns to the side of what I was looking at, and I was looking at the same ceibo that I started with. So i had made a full circle, just by admiring that trememdous foliage of this season.

You will also get the Guuyacan, which is another tree known for his good lumber. But right now, it has these awesome yellow leaves that look as if they are disconnected from the tree and simply floating in mid-air.



This is what the dry tropical forest looks like at this time of year. Other than these brightly flowering tree and the equally stunnign orchids, the majority of the forest has dropped their leaves to cope with the dry season — waiting for the wet season, which starts in December, when the entire forest will turn green.