Next, we went into the butterfly sanctuary where we were just amazed by the number and variety of butterflies. We got to see the caterpillar and butterfly of each species and we even watched one emerge from the cocoon.
The butterflies were quite friendly (see the pictures of several on Britton's arm and some landing on me).
Then we went into the adjoining bird sanctuary where some of the word's most beautiful birds lived. We saw red and green maccaws, tucans and many other kinds of birds.
We learned that macaws mate for life and we were of course taken to them for that reason (what a great thing to see on your honeymoon!) and for their intense beauty. One of them befriended Britton and we even got a picture of them smooching!
Our next stop
was tosee the cats. We could
not wander through this
exhibit with the animals
as we could in the others.
However, we got much
closer to the cats than
we would be able to in
any American zoos.
Finally we walked through the snake and frog exhibit. Luckily the snakes were enclosed, but the
frogs roamed around freely. We learned that poisonous frogs are poisonous because of the foods that they eat in the wild and that if certain foods are eliminated from their diet, they are no longer poisonous.In the afternoon, it rained and my wonderful husband wanted to go fishing. We stood out in the rain for an hour and a half until a fish was finally caught (good wife points scored). The grill house by the lake cooked our whole fish and served it to us for lunch.
Trout, yum!
Later we relaxed and had our sore muscles massaged during a couples massage in front of our fireplace in our room, spoiled!
That evening, we played a little acey ducey in the lodge's bar and returned to the lodge's restaurant for dinner (yay, take two!). When we returned to the room, it was decorated with roses all over and candles, champagne, chocolate, strawberries and rose petals everywhere! My romantic husband surprised me with a little help from the Peace Lodge staff.
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