One thing you get used after living in Costa Rica through a few winter seasons is rain.
The winter season is also derogatorily called our “wet” season, but we in the Costa Rica vacation biz frown on that negative description.
No, we have a much more commercially viable description for those thinking of a visit during that time of the year…
Now I know that the idea of even one drop of that liquid stuff falling on your Costa Rican vacation parade is a double-negative for those of you Northerners who come down here expecting nothing but sunshine and lush tropical greenery.
Well, the problem is that without the rain, there is no lush tropical greenery. Costa Rica rain makes the country what it is, one of the most beautiful places on earth, a veritable garden of Eden if you will (o.k., maybe that’s stretching it).
And after a while rain just sort of becomes part of every day life for those of us who actually live here. You don’t need Willard Scott (yes, I’m dating myself) to tell you what the weather will be in between his birthday wishes for centenarians. We know what the weather will be, rain! At least a few hours of it in the afternoon.
It’s very re-assuring to have a weather pattern that’s so consistent.
Oh, and we do have one unpredictable weather month, December. It is the so-called transition month between winter and summer. During that month the weather can be a little quirky. But Christmas festivities are distracting enough that you don’t really notice it. See, I can put a positive spin on anything, even Costa Rica rain!
Back in the Carolinas where I grew up the weather was anything but consistent. Could be cold one day, hot the next. Windy one day, hot, humid and without the slightest breeze the next and so on.
Here we have rain from May through November and dry weather from December, well o.k., January through April. That’s the way Mother Nature set it up, so you just have to deal with it.
There is no use complaining about it, because all the complaining in the world ain’t gonna change it.
Better to complain about things you can change.
Better yet, stop complaining and change them!
And in the meantime, bring an umbrella just in case.
Here is a rain song to brighten your day…
image credit: Chris Jimenez Nature Photo via Compfight cc
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