Heads up. . .

There is a troupe of howler monkeys that roam the grounds here at Tree Houses a few days out of the week. They will spend some time around the tree houses and then head down to the waterfall and river for the rest of the time.

Guests are always clamoring to see them and we always say you may get lucky, but watch out from unannounced droppings from above.

The other day, some guests found out just how true that was. They were walking the shorter back trail around the property, following the screeches and howls of the monkeys. Coffee cups in one hand, cameras in the other, they were enthralled by the sight and sound of the critters jumping from tree to tree. There was even a baby, perhaps a few months old, that cut loose from the mother and was testing out its tree-climbing smarts.

While the couple was ooh-ing and aah-ing over the monkeys, several circled behind them and let loose with what we figure was a liquid stream of disapproval--just to show who was boss in the boonies here.

It made for a great story at breakfast and some extra laundry in need of being taken care of.