A visit to the pumpkin patch

We decided to take advantage of the beautiful fall weather and went to visit a local pumpkin patch, Sinkland Farms.  We took Kali and she had a blast foraging around and trying to eat hay, smashed pumpkins, dropped popcorn, etc.

Kali, Queen of the Pumpkin Patch

Costa Rica – the trip of a lifetime! Pura Vida!

We are just back from our amazing, un-freaking believable trip to Costa Rica for 10 days to celebrate our 10th anniversary.  We covered a lot of ground and went to La Fortuna (Arenal), Uvita and the Osa Peninsula.  I am so sad to be back.  Usually I am ready to go home, but not this [...]

Nature Paradise in the Osa Peninsula

The Osa Peninsula was our favorite part of the Costa Rica trip.  You are right in the middle of the rainforest with nothing for miles around and the lodge is perched on the side of the mountain.
El Remanso
The lodge is casually elegant and rustic and consists of a large open air restaurant, seating areas, bar [...]

Beautiful beach, spa and mountains – Uvita, Costa Rica

Sunday, June 14th
Today we left the beautiful Arenal Volcano and headed to the airport for our first flight on Nature Air.  I started getting really nervous and my stomach was doing flips.  The airport was an old lechería (milk factory) and was essentially a bar.

There were no airline employees present when we arrived either.  So, [...]

Volcanoes & Snakes (Arenal, Costa Rica)

Two days ago we arrived in Costa Rica for our first visit here ever and to celebrate our 10th anniversary.
A very nice young man came to pick us up at the airport to take us to La Fortuna.  At first glance, everything reminded Erick of Puerto Rico. Our driver, Norman, stopped at a local restaurant [...]

Virginia Safari Park

We went to the Virginia Safari Park in Natural Bridge, Virginia a couple weeks ago. It turned out to be even more fun than I thought it would. Something completely unexpected was the natural beauty of the park itself, which is nestled into the surrounding mountains.

We showed up at 11 am expecting to [...]

Vacation Destinations

Lately I’ve been dreaming about where our next big vacation destination should be. I’m not really getting anywhere because there are just too many places I want to go – I can’t really narrow it down. Also, I’m not really thinking about the budget right now – just dreaming and hoping it will [...]