My one night camping stay in Santa
Rosa National Park, Costa Rica gave me solitude (no other campers), but not the
feeling of isolation. I had many visitors, a young buck, iguanas, numerous
birds, and some howler monkeys in the trees, several other noisy critters
rustling in the brush. But the best was hours of the greatest firefly show I
had the good fortune to witness. The fireflies flitted around at two or three
feet (.5 to 1 meter) above ground in the grassy areas; like a blanket of tiny
twinkling lights constantly on the move in the near distance. I placed a chair
a few feet away from my tent and set there watching with delight; I grab my
camera and tried several ways to photograph what I was witnessing but without
luck.
The fireflies started showing up at dusk and carried on well
into the night, but it did seem that after about three hours their quantities
diminish. As I sat in amazement the fireflies buzzed all around me, like I was being
included in their evenings presentation.
There were only two things that would have made this night
better, first is that I could have afforded to stay more than one night in the
campgrounds ($12 a night when just eight months ago it was $2), second more
than ever, I wished my grandchildren could have been there to witness it with me… and help catch some.
Once again this will be one of those stories I will only be
able to tell, over and over again… like a fish story that grows each time it is
told.
Note: If anyone knows how to take photos of the
fireflies please let me know. I hope I will get another chance before I finish my
travels in November 2014.
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