Monkey Break!!

We had a full sunny, blue sky day today!! We've only had a tiny bit of rain the past two days and it is truly enchanting here. We're still taking “Monkey Breaks” to drop what we are doing when the monkeys come by. We're doing it at least 2 times a day though, so we'll probably stop soon. It is pretty magical to watch them parade through the tree tops and stop to eat along the way. The big brown howler monkeys are a bit intimidating and super loud. They travel in small groups and make a lot of noise and drop a lot of fruit, seeds, leaves, etc. on the ground so you don't want to be underneath them. The small black monkeys with the white faces are much cuter, they are small and travel in larger groups and get much closer to the ground. They eat fruit and are great at sharing and eating only what they need, it is cool. They'll gather around a tree with several large melon type fruits and they will open one and take turns climbing up and eating and when it is done they'll move to another tree. We have a tree with 4-5 melon things there and they come by and eat one at a time. Pretty responsible little guys!