I have another relatively short post tonight and no pictures, which I realize is disappointing. I need to take my camera more. This morning, Bill and I went snorkeling at Puerto Viejo. The water in Costa Rica is never super clear but it wasn’t bad. I saw some baseball-sized jelly fish – one pink and …
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Costa Rica belongs to us!!
Our trip is now moving along literally and figuratively. We went down this morning and got ourselves some wheels, little Honda scooter. Top speed is 75 kph or 46.6 mph. Most the speed limits are either 40 kph in town and 60 kph in between towns. They also slow just before the bridges to 40 …
Playa Cocles
I don’t have a lot to say for today so this will be a short post. We made it to Playa Cocles around noon today. It took about 3.5 hours. However, we figured out why it potentially takes a lot longer. On the road to get here, there are a bunch of one way bridges. …
Caribe Town
Happy New Year!!! Our second day of vacation started off with breakfast at the Sleep Inn, same as you would expect back in the states minus the plantain and papaya. Ivan came through for us and our driver was waiting for us when we came out to check just before 9. The drive was just …
Day 1 in San Jose
Hello All: Bill and I are back in Costa Rica. We had a relatively smooth trip today with a minor snag at the end. We booked a hotel at Playa Cocles. We looked up the distance between San Jose and Playa Cocles before we left and Google assured us that it takes about 3.5 hours. …
Third time’s a charm!
Howdy everyone!! Hopefully everyone enjoyed the holidays and are going to enjoy a fabulous New year!! This is my third time traveling with Emily to Costa Rica. We have been to the western coast twice, this time we are trying out the east coast. The Caribbean side! I’m excited, it’s supposed to be less touristy …
San Diego
Hello All: I’m finishing up a conference in San Diego. I have about an hour before I leave for the airport, so I thought I’d do a short blog post. The conference was for deans and associate deans. I met a lot of interesting people. I’m still new in my role as associate dean so …
Somewhat local
The last day of September, Emily and I did a little traveling around Iowa and into Wisconsin. We are experiencing warm temps for late September. Around home it was 93 up by the Mississippi it was 88. Our first stop was a quick visit to Independence and the area where I work. Nothing too special …
In between Vacation Content
Hopefully everyone is doing okay with all this heat and here in Iowa, the humidity!! I thought I would share my current priority project as it is getting to a point where I’m going to put the finishing touches to it lower on the priority list. I got this boat a couple years before I …
Back!
We made it back. It was a very long day and both flights were full and both had loud children. Noise canceling headphones were good to have! Flying is the only bad part about going on vacation. I got flagged for extra screening today. So I had to get wiped down to make sure that …
Traveling with Emily! 