The Beaches of Nicaragua

We came to Nicaragua on our visa run. I cannot believe we left Colorado 90 days ago. Where does the time go? We flew on a tiny airplane with six other people.

The flight went well, but Jason had some big ear issues during the landing. Laney, Jason, and I had colds and when we landed he could not hear very well. Not great when you are speaking English, but horrible when you are trying to understand Spanish. Laney had some pain in hers as well and cried every time she yawned. Which she kept doing since we had to get up at four thirty in the morning. Then I realized I forgot to bring the rental car reservation and could not remember which rental car agency I had reserved it with. We asked them all and none seemed to have it so we had to start from scratch. We finally made it out of the airport with our car. I decided to drive b/c I have been missing it. We went straight to Leon which is about ninety kilometers from Managua. The drive was pretty with lots of green stuff and a few volcanoes. We decided to eat lunch in Leon and found a bad pizza place. They had a couple of old playground things in it so the kids were happy, which goes a long way. We had not made any reservations b/c we could not decide if we would stay there or go on to the beach another twenty minutes away. It was not raining and the city seemed a little challenging to navigate with small children so we moved on. We found this tiny place. Too small to be a town b/c there were no stores, just a few hostel like places and houses along the beach. We found the place we saw on line and they had a room for us. It was cheap and they had a pool. Granted the room was incredibly small.

We made our way to the beach to play in the sand. The water was too rough to swim in but the waves were beautiful to watch. There were some rocks near by that they crashed on too. The kids got themselves covered in sand pretty quickly. Glad Laney is over her fear of sand from a few years ago. It is messier now, but a lot more fun. We then went for a swim in the pool. It is nice that they are comfortable in the water now and just float around on their floaties happily. We have come a long way to making vacation more enjoyable with the beach and swimming thing being fun now.

We had a nice dinner over looking the beach and this is what I had. It was delicious.

We however have not figured out how to stay healthy on trips. This is a killer. At dinner Laney was super exhausted and would not even eat french fries.

We took her back and she had a 102 temperature. We are always a little worried about her when she is sick and coughing b/c of how it effects her breathing. We put them down for the night and prayed she would not have an asthma attack. We put Creed on the floor. The good thing about the night is that she did not have an attack. The bad thing is that she cried out every half hour. She gets a little crazy with fevers too. Creed kept rolling all over the place. One time he was half under our bed and then he fell asleep off his blanket onto the tile floor infront of the bathroom. He was up at five thirty. I tried to get him out of the tiny, tiny room as soon as possible so he would not wake up Laney or Jason (who still had his cold). Creed and I went to hang out at the beach. It was beautiful. I sat and watched the waves while Creed rolled around in the sand. We went for a little walk and dipped our toes in the water.

Two hours later Laney and Jason joined us for breakfast. So glad they got a little extra sleep that they needed. Her fever was down. That ends our first night in Nicaragua. Traveling with toddlers is an adventure. We decided to leave the next day and move on to Granada.