Surf Shak Trivia Champions

Wednesday March 9th, 2016 Canoa
Last night we decided that a social outing was in order so after dinner here in our apartment, we went down to the Surf Shak for a Happy Hour banana colada for dessert and to see if we could get in on the weekly Tuesday evening trivia contest.
There are lots of expat regulars who do this every week, so without a team to join, we sat at an empty table and hoped someone would join us. Two older American men, Hal from North Dakota and Deighton from Minnesota sat down and invited us to make up a team with them. They're childhood friends who now find themselves single again and have traveled a bit together over the last few winters.
At 7:30, the game started with 8 or 9 teams of up to about 8 people each. The daughter of the owner called out 40 questions and we filled out our answer sheets over the next hour or so. The answer sheets were gathered and re-distributed so each team could mark another team's answers. After a lot of laughter and shouting, the sheets were all marked and gathered up by the daughter. She announced the lowest place team, who all got free shots for their effort. Finally, our "Team Boundary Waters" was announced as the winners. For our win, we got $25 off our team bar tab. In the end, we had a lot of fun and didn't spend a cent. Our teammates won't be around next week but we've already been recruited by another team of young Canadians. Here's a picture of us along with Yuni, a local woman who joined us later. Lots of fun and an International Women's Day win for Anita.

Other than that, we've been wandering the beach, watching the sunsets, buying buns at the little bakery, vegetables and eggs at the little store we like and generally enjoying life in Canoa. We've also included a picture of the hat and sunglasses man on the malecon, a hotel facade that we like, a child playing in the surf at sunset and a truckload of limes on the Main Street. There are often trucks roaming around town selling different fruits and vegetables like this. We often buy from them too. Life is good.