Collage of 49 photos of Arboleda Andarivel
Cervical xray JWJ age 65 osteoarthritis C3-C4 & C5-C7
San Gerardo de Rivas pueblo across Rio Chirripo gorge, Krolow house (Canadian) below
Wooden visitor clappers hanging at entrance gate
Arboleda Andarivel Main Gate ("Arboretum of the River Crossing Cable")
Bodega storehouse and living quarters. Foreground cork eucalyptus now much taller
Lovable little Suchi and his upper doghouse
The bodega library bench with mouse-proof plastic bins
Tool shelves including a battery-powered drill (no electricity reaches bodega)
The bodega meditation room and bench/vault
Bedroom shared by Jesus and Juan on weekend visits
Jesus and Juan holding amarillon seedlings in front of bodega back ramp
Plum tree dedicated to Daniel
Cypress tree planted by Jesus, about three years old
Oak tree dedicated to Juan, slow growing
First crop of grapefruits
Ripening limes
Yellow lemon tree, gift from the vivero, runt and last of the lot
Dormitorio under a tangerine tree. My first camp on the Brenes finca in 2000 was here
Lawn between the dormitorio and the sala. Almond tree in a ring of boulders, laurel foreground, murtle background
Sala and a young guava. Green mesh zaran protects the black plastic
Jesus at the laptop on the sala table, towel over TV screen used with a Playstation2
Daniel and Juan on our Christmas trip to San Jose, 2006, on a thrilling ride at the Parque de Diversiones
Fast-growing rainbow eucalyptus on the terraced slope south of the sala, mature avocado in background
Crop of young cypress trees on the downward slope north of the sala, large guarumo overhead drops leafs constantly
Concrete posts along the east fenceline, a difficult project
Jacuzzi dam to control erosion of the promedio level, took months to finish
Suchi lounging on cool promedio grass beyond the olivo and water-loving guayaba trees
Tallest pseudo-olive tree, tall alders against east fence line
Down on the river bottom, a circular gravel walking path winds among a future grove of guayacans and amarillons
Construction of a dike at the northeast corner, sadly it did not withstand the flood 5/29/2008
"America Pond" named or the refugee goldfish but they did not stay
Reflection of guayaba leaves in the little pond
Rain collection system for potable water at the riverside kitchen
Suchi's lower doghouse under the long kitchen table. He likes to play with the orange work gloves
A rare guanacaste tree at this altitude, national tree of Costa Rica
Rice eating sparrow in the kitchen tangerine tree
Cashew tree dwarfed by giant elephant ears
Wash tubs by the camp. Yucca trees and a feeble silver dollar eucalypt, thorny orange tree on left
My camp platform covered by a layer of black plastic and green zaran mesh, with blanket and a pillow in a gunny sack
An occasional lizard crawling securely between the double layers of the tarp roof
Huitite stakes sprouting graceful back-arching leaves, the sweet, yellow fruit matures in clusters like B-B's
The river ghat where laundry is washed each morning, river level is medium
A cement storage bin not used after all because of too much humidity
Banana shaft rising out of a transplanted root ball
Huitite and bananos near the potable spring near the river
The last guayacan in a line of a dozen, orange tree in background
Giant thorny guadua bamboo along the river
Our favorite Pozo Bonito swimming hole just upriver from Andarivel, with a fun natural rock slide
Silhouette grandfather tirra elm towering over the river bottom, supporting numerous epiphytes
