What happens when you get 40 inches of rain in a month? Well, fortunately the land here is generally sloped and the soil very porous, so most of the water flows downhill to the many streams or is channeled to underground aquifers and springs. There was minor flooding along rivers, but this is not unusual during September and October in Costa Rica.
How does it affect our life here in Monteverde?
Put on rubber boots, grab an umbrella and go.
Walk right through the spring gushing at the pasture gate.
Be prepared to get cars out of the mud. A tow rope and another car does the trick.
Watch the mystery sprouts grow inside the car on your ChiaCarpet.
Enjoy a new leaf emerge from a banana plant.
Spend lots of time near the oven creating new meals.
In reality, its not very inconvenient – don’t have to get bundled up, its not dangerously cold or uncomfortably hot, just cloudy and wet! Much of the vegetation around the house was removed recently, giving the house more light and better airflow, so the indoors hasn't felt as damp as previous years. Yea - the sheets don't feel like cold slices of bologna!
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