Tropical Pines and Oaks
Cerro Cubulcán One of the things we enjoy about living in the northern part of Nicaragua, apart from the cooler temperatures and the beautiful mountain views, is that we are able to see pine trees right outside our backyard. They are on a small hill called el Cubulcán, behind our house. We have climbed this hill several times by ourselves and with friends and its one of the few places within the city of Jinotega where there are still pine trees left. It reminds us of Michigan. Recently we learned that there are oaks trees here in Nicaragua, in Spanish these are called Robles. So far, we have only seen oaks and pines in a few places, sadly many have been cut down for “leña” or firewood, and very few, if any are replanted. One day we traveled past a small town called San Rafael del Norte. We stopped to have lunch at a diner on the side of the road, behind the diner was an opened field with many pine trees, after our meal we went for a walk around the property. Jesse spotted what ap