It’s been a year since I had my FJ shipped to Costa Rica. The initial inspection was done by the export shipping company I used, ShiptoCostaRica. The folks there took care of everything. All I had to do was pick it up. Now the time had come for me to do this myself. I must … Continue reading Riding Dirty

2018 was a year we will never forget. It was a year marred with tragedies, disasters, adventures and triumphs. Tragedies: 2018 started off with the loss of my Dad. (super heroes aren’t supposed to die). It was then followed, seemingly every couple of months with the loss of another loved one. The only thing that … Continue reading Year End Wrap Up

From the first moment we stepped foot in Costa Rica, the locals come up and just start talking to us in their native tongue, Spanish. When we would tell them that we don’t speak the language, “no hablo Español” they looked at us like we were kidding. This happened because we look like the Afro-Caribbean … Continue reading Spanish Lessons

We decided to do a wrap up of our first 30 days in Costa Rica - our expectations and what we have learned. Expectation #1: We expected retirement to be sipping coconut water on the beach with the waves tickling our toes everyday. We didn’t envision being so busy attending multiple social events on a … Continue reading Great Expectations

We are finally settled into our beautiful mountain home. The weather is perfect,  70s during the day and low the 50s at night. This will be the temperture all year round. The best part of mountain living are the views from 5200 feet. From our living room we can see the town of Grecia off … Continue reading Mountain Living

Leaving our dream home and moving to paradise. On, August 5th we put our wonderful hill country home on the market after living there for over a decade. It has been bittersweet. We are excited about the adventure that awaits us in Costa Rica but sad to say goodbye to Rancho de La Roca. We have so … Continue reading Home Sweet Home

Summary: Today we head back to the states after a productive week long visit to Grecia, Costa Rica. The purpose of this trip was to take care of some logistical things in preparation of our big move - mailbox, bank account, etc. We also took this opportunity to move the majority of our things into … Continue reading Costa Rica Trip#3 Recap

(Repost July 13th, 2017) Summary: We just returned from our second trip to Costa Rica or as we call it the CR. (July1st – July 8th). It got off to a very rocky start when upon the descent to the airport we were told the plane would have to circle around for several minutes. And … Continue reading Costa Rica Trip#2 Recap

(Repost April 17, 2017) We must admit CR exceeded our expectations. True we went there with low expectation but we were pleasantly surprised with the results. It’s safe to say it’s more of a developing nation rather than a third world country. We didn’t see people bathing in the river with livestock or defecating in … Continue reading Costa Rica Trip#1 Recap

(Repost May9th, 2017) Reading is to the Mind, what Exercise is to the Body. As by the one, Health is preserved, strengthened and invigorated; by the other, Virtue (which is the Health of the Mind) is kept alive, cherished and confirmed. -   Addison, Joseph (1672-1719) In this digital age we live in, with gadgets that can … Continue reading Treasure Books