Yesterday was the absolute best Panama day yet.  We went for a hike on a property across the bay and it was just amazing.  First I need to tell you about this property.  It was owned by a man named Jim Jackson who also was co-owner  of Fossil Rim Wildlife Reserve in Texas.  It is 100 hectars in size and there are nice, well maintained  trails all around through it.  It has fields of pineapple, banana trees, cacao (chocolate) and many other fruits that we are trying to identify in a book here at Cerro Velero. There are benches along the way to rest and two different residential areas that, now unoccupied, are still maintained.  A shop where they used to make furniture is there and some evidence of possible current work  as well.. Everywhere you look are beautiful (and also yet to be identified) flowers and plants.  In one area there are giant trees with huge buttresses and thick foliage.  Other areas are more open.  Now this is not a park. In fact we saw no one else all day and we wandered around there about 4 hours.  You can only get there by boat but it is a must see while here.
. Jim Jackson passed away a few years ago but his estate or maybe his former partner is still maintaining the place.  He was highly thought of around here as he was trying to develop work for the locals and apparently he was also well known in Texas where he and his partner had a wildlife reserve.  We looked him up on the internet and were impressed with the information on his life.  Anyway, Carol and Frank will love this when they come and  Nancy, you and your husband will really enjoy it too. (The neighbors, Carl and Mary, will show you how to find it.)
Today we went to Bocas ( I'm not ready for Rana Azul again just yet.)  But almost everything over there was closed.  In fact we tied the boat up to our regular spot on the dock by the hardware store and when we came back the gate to that dock was locked.  We had to hire a guy to take us around in his boat to get to ours. So now we are back home just enjoying a lazy Sunday afternoon.
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