Yesterday morning we set off on our second water adventure. Sue booked us an ocean kayak and snorkeling trip. We decided to drive to the tour company rather than have them pick us up as the drive home from the white water rafting included about an hour extra to drop off the other rafters. …
Author: Steven
I am a money grubbing capitalist pig, but actually not very good it. I am 20 lbs overweight, but go the gym reasonably often. I have absolutely no concept of how hard the things I want to do are…until I have agreed to do them. I've got a couple of adult kids who live far away and a career that has me sitting at a desk all day.
Things is like: baseball, a really good gin & tonic, my convertible, and warm weather.
Things I am not so keen on: heights, overpriced food and having nothing to do.
A Warm Welcome to Costa Rica
The flights down were pretty much uneventful. On Saturday, we flew Chicago--> Fort Lauderdale FL--> San Jose, Costa Rica. We were scheduled to arrive at 7 p.m., but arrived about an hour late. No big deal. We rented a Suzuki Vitara and were a bit surprised to realize it was a manual. Ok. I know …
I am a bit rattled
I know that plane crashes are exceedingly rare. There are something like 100,000 commercial flights each day of which about 8,600 use the 737 Max planes. We have had two crashes separated by about 131 day so that means there have been about 1 million flights (8600 x 131) on the 737 Max planes. Now …
6 weeks – 4 trips
I have a busy few weeks ahead: four trips scheduled in the next 6 weeks. The week after next, I am deserting Sue and travelling to Charlotte, NC, for a business trip. I leave Sunday night and return home Thursday night. I would like to tell you that I really like the city of Charlotte, …
LA LA Time
I spent a long weekend in LA, visiting my most favorite of daughters, Abi. To be clear, she is my only daughter, so there isn't much competition, but still, I want her to know that she is my favorite of the female children. 😉 I arrived Friday around lunch time and Abi & I quickly …
This is not ‘Nam…There are rules.(*)
I was meditating on what we should do around the Arenal Volcano and my conclusion is that we should honor the gods and toss a virgin into the volcano. However, Sue informs me that this is against the rules. I am very disappointed. (I hope no one is thinking of taking Steven seriously--ever.) Instead we …
Oh The Things We Will Do & See
We (read Sue) did quite a bit of planning for Costa Rica this weekend. Usually we try and organize quite a bit of our excursions before we go, or at least we sketch out what we are doing. For this trip, we decided to plan what we wanted to do but then pretty much try …
It is Getting Kind of Late
We seem to be off to a slow start with our Costa Rica plans and I am not sure why. Sure, we have our flights and hotels. We have generally planned where we want to be and when, but no real firm plans. Perhaps this week we will get down to brass tacks and figure …
Getting through the Winter
I hate the winter. Chicago is cold, windy, gray, and snowy. I am miserable from the beginning of November until the spring comes...in July. This year, I have been particularly miserable; I am not really sure why, it hasn't been very cold, there has been almost no snow and while it has been very gray, …
What Time Is It?
Happy New Year to all! My mother is, on a good day in her imagination, 5 feet tall and 80 lbs soaking wet while carrying 10-pound dumbbells in each hand. But at no point during the day is she not thinking about food. It is amazing. In her world, there are only three times of …
Doing It On The Road 