OUR RETIRED ADVENTURE
qUEREMOS VIVIR AL SOL
KSha
Costa Rica is amazing! Beauty abounds.
Panama is "home" for now. Loving life!
South America is next! Columbia here we come.
Costa Rica is amazing! Beauty abounds.
Panama is "home" for now. Loving life!
South America is next! Columbia here we come.
As September slides away and we welcome October into Costa Rica; it was hard to hear one morning last week that there was a frost advisory for one of the evenings on the WGN news. We, like many of you I'm sure, were glued to the TV and watched hurricane Ian tear through Florida and leave such devastation behind. T & Ps... Our weather here has been very nice and consistent, with highs around 28-29 degrees Celsius (83-85 F) and sunny for a good portion of most days. We enjoyed morning walks on the beach for most days last week; but detoured one morning into the next door neighborhood where our friend Lucie is buying a place to walk the rolling hills and look at the houses. We also did a double walk to town one morning to restock our supplies and take advantage of the sales that were at all of our stores we like. Our wonderful pool was the next order of our daily routine to float and enjoy the warm sunshine before we break for lunch. If the clouds (or rain) don't come in, we headed back to the pool to work on the tan lines. Sha made some great home-cooked meals since we last talked; including tacos, burgers (I grilled those) and spaghetti that was awesome! Thursday night we went around the corner to the Garden Bar to hear some live music with the Gringo Garage Band. The band had one gringo and three other musicians from Nicaragua (and these guys were really good!). The Nicaraguans send money home to their families and maybe get to see them every month or so. The "gringo" also told everyone that none of them speak English, but they memorized the words to all the songs they sing...pretty amazing listening to them after hearing that! I'll share my "dance party" from that night; although the audio may not reflect the great sound this band had. Sha's dance party video is too long to send to the computer...just WhatsApp me and I can show you! Friday night we went back to our favorite Italian restaurant, La Dolce Vita, for another amazing home-made pasta dinner. Saturday evening the Huskers' homecoming game was on versus Indiana; so we headed over to the Buzzed Monkey to catch the game. Pregame saw the CRCT renewed where my comeback was stalled as we each won two games before we had some dinner. Getting ready for the game! It's hard to beat her when she keeps getting hands like this! So I have to work hard to keep pace! The Huskers grabbed the win 35-21, giving interim head coach Mickey Jones his first victory! Happiness in Huskerland!! Sunday was a pool day, mainly for Sha, as I watch NFL Redzone which, for some reason this week came in with Spanish commentators on the show. By late afternoon I joined Sha and our downstairs neighbors Norm & Karen, along with Norm's brother Adam and Karen's brother Martin and his partner Cody for cocktails at the pool. Later, during the conversation, I adamantly made a point and jabbed my toe under a lounge chair in front of me and cut my big toe requiring Cody (an ex nurse) to tend to my bleeding appendage. All is good, but I was put on the DL for Monday's morning walk. Later that night we enjoyed a great stroganoff dinner Sha put together! I'll share the sunset from our balcony since I couldn't make it to the beach with my bad toe... Today is laundry day and without a walk we were at the pool by 10 AM. The sun was out all day so we were back after lunch. Chatted with Norm and another neighbor Janeen before heading upstairs to ready the marinating chicken for dinner. Had to pause the writing to enjoy a great dinner of BBQ chicken, mashed potatoes and corn! Just like home...if we had one.
Hope you all are well! Pura Vida!
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