Day 27 - Lago de Yojoa

February 6,2010
Day 27
Lago De Yojoa

We were awake early after a hot muggy night to line up and dump our tanks before we take to the road. This process was not easy since we are using a manhole in a main street. But our tail gunner, Brian, who is No. 1 in the No. 2 business, was on the ball and the process was completed in an hour. One rig caught some overhead wires but with the agile use of brooms he escaped.
We followed our wagonmaster out of town since we are in the first group.
We have a short drive today and the road was not as rough as we had anticipated. There were many fruit stands as we started climbing. We had some rain during the night and the clouds are low with mist. As we climbed the temperature dropped to 67. This was most welcome.
This is a beautiful place on the lake Yojoa. We are around back of the hotel with a view of the lake. There are many flowers, birds and water lilies. The mist and clouds increase and the cool air is very welcome.
After a light lunch we load a small bus to visit Pulhapanazak Falls. This is an extra tour so some folks decided not to go. Our original guide was ill so the substitute did not speak English. The manager of the hotel went with us to interpret. He grew up in Washington so speaks English very well.
The waterfall is quite beautiful with a heavy mist as the water cascades onto the rocks. The more adventuresome of our group had an adventure going behind the falls. They were in water to their chin and the going was tough. Bill and I waited at the overlook guarding their possessions. There were scrapes and bruises but all survived. We watched and waited some more has they zip lined over the falls. It seemed to be quite easy compared to the jungle canopy zip line.
We were quite late getting back to the hotel with 30 minutes till dinner. The fish Total was very good with ice cream for dessert. The rain still is with us.