Year 5 – The Endless Summer…
September 2015Our kids sat out the start of school in Colorado while we purged the house and packed surfboards and a guitar for a full school year in Tamarindo.… Read the story
Bringing a Dog to Costa Rica – Part Three – Travel Day
April 2014A 2 am alarm, then an agent saying Rindo couldn’t land in Liberia’s heat. Our 2014 scramble to reach Tamarindo, now with a 2026 note on airline rules.… Read the story
Bringing a Dog to Costa Rica – Part Two – Forms, Vets & Prep
April 2014The kennel rules, vet visits and mystery USDA form we sorted out to fly Rindo to Costa Rica in 2014. The process has changed, so read the 2026 update.… Read the story
Bringing a Dog to Costa Rica – Part One – Airlines
April 2014How Rindo, our mini goldendoodle, ended up joining a family trip to Tamarindo. Airline pet rules have changed since 2014, so see the 2026 update.… Read the story
Guess What I’m Doing?
December 2011A blizzard outside, kids asleep and our departure for Costa Rica almost here. So what was Erin doing on our last night home? Laundry, of course.… Read the story
Sweat, Bags, Wood & Cables
December 2011Two days out, with fresh snow piling up, we packed our lives into bags and sorted a mountain of cables. The kids built snow forts while we raced the clock.… Read the story
December 3rd, 2011 – Snow
December 2011With one day until we left for Costa Rica, Erin took a break from packing to soak in a perfect Colorado snow day and thank the community that carried us.… Read the story
Last Day of School – Saying Goodbye
December 2011Our kids showed their classmates our Costa Rica video and started saying goodbye to the school that had become family. A heartfelt thank you to Meiklejohn.… Read the story
Unplugging
November 2011Unplugging a basement fridge shouldn’t be emotional. But days before we left for six months away, it hit me like a truck (a nice truck) that this was real.… Read the story
Mail. It’s ever present. How do we deal with it?
November 2011How we handled mail while traveling and working abroad for 6 months with no real address, and the mail services we found for families on the road.… Read the story
Holy Crap. We’re getting close.
November 2011Plane tickets made a trip around the world too pricey, so we picked one spot instead. In just over a month, our family of five heads to Tamarindo.… Read the story