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.
First and foremost, the Panamanian haircut turned out awesome! We had some more wonderful days in Coronado before it was time to leave. Spent some time at the pool bar enjoying World Cup soccer matches. Sha and I made it a point to root for the underdogs--a few times had to bite our tongues as our cheers didn't match most of the crowd. All ended well...a fist bump and another beer made everyone feel better.
We also found a place called The Bench that had THE best burgers I can remember eating. Sha thought so too! To top it off; half price burgers on Lunes (that's Monday gringos)!! Their half price pizzas on Jueves (Thursday-now don't you wish you paid more attention in Spanish class) were also pretty good. We found Coronado a really neat place and an area we looked at real estate with a twinkle in our eye...even found a couple of places on or near the beach that we liked...knowing we have more places to see. We were victims of the cold front that swept through the U.S. this past week. Nobody realized it came way farther south than expected and Panama experienced its first snow in history... Just joshing...this was mom and dad's street in South Dakota...we're still enjoying mid 80's every day here in Panama. Travel day was December 13. We headed back to PanAmerican Highway 1 and took a left turn and headed south. Playa Blanca is only about a 35 kilometer drive, so on our way we were looking for places to check out on the way. The 80 kph speed limit was fine with me...ok I'll tell you-it's 48 mph...school is important people. I was a little concerned when two buses and a semi truck went flying by us in our little rental (it might be one of the smallest cars I've ever driven), but I kept steady with the 10 & 2 on the wheel while active driving. About half way we took a turn off the highway to the San Carlos area. About 4 km from the highway we ran into the town; narrow little streets and at a main junction in the road it appeared that a lot of people were gathered at a medical facility in queues in outdoor seating. We speculated on what could be going on but were unsure as we continued driving slowly around town. We marveled at the local houses and tried to head toward where we thought the ocean would be. We figured we had to be going the right way when we ran into this sign... Of course we went down this road...and turned around before we fell off the edge. We continued on and soon found the water! Once again, a rough road brought us to another beautiful area by the ocean. The slideshow below will hopefully give you an appreciation of what we enjoyed this afternoon (8 pics). We had plans to go out on the point in the pictures to see about getting some lunch, but the road ended at the lagoon and we had to turn around. So we drove back through town and hit the highway for the last bit to Playa Blanca. As we entered the main gate into the Town Center Playa Blanca property, we saw that this was a large complex with many different "components" to it. We did several trial and errors to find where we were staying and finally found the right person to get us to our building. Ended up feeling kind of weird by the time we finally found where we would be living for the next 10 days...realized we were both a little stressed by the situation; hadn't felt that since Chi town-didn't care for it. Here's what we saw as we entered our 3rd floor ocean view 2 bedroom/2 bath condo... We've got a cool view from our balcony (6 pics)... Our beach is about 150 meters from our building and has gentle waves coming ashore (4 pics). We've utilized our kitchen for our meals since we've been here as we haven't quite figured out the restaurant situation in this area. We have a large grocery store (Super 99) at the turn off from the highway to our place and have stocked up to be self sufficient for a time. Sha made some BBQ ribs the other night that were fantastic. We will venture out the second half of our stay here to find some places to eat. I have to take a few minutes to address communications from some of our active blog readers...(thanks for reading this stuff) Sorry it's so cold in SD mom and dad...remember you moved there...ha! The red hat may be needed dad for those morning walks around the neighborhood. We love you! Sharon, no not mine, I appreciate the vigilance on the photos; thanks for keeping me on my toes. Bob, not of the B & N AirBnB (who just turned 60!), who could be the adventure's biggest advocate as he spreads the word to those he meets; thanks "nephew-in-law"! Proud to have friends Judy and Eric who have dinner at the White House. You guys are too cool! I hope the Sombras' owners meeting went well Karen and Norm. Sorry to have missed that! Shout out to Randi and Ed in Georgia, loved the ornaments you made out of Jolly Ranchers! Pretty cool. And to the city employee of Indian Head Park, who is one of our favorite nieces and married to Bob; yes the above one not of the AirBnB birthday boy, who wondered about things that may be different in Central America...I give you jams and sauce in a bag! Almost forgot a shoutout to the West Point Academy plebe, great nephew John, who we are so proud of, and who witnessed (with his really cool parents Kev & Jen) the first ever overtime game victory of Army beating Navy. Thank you for your service! My Coppertone girl and I are enjoying our adventure...thanks for sharing it with us!
Pura Vida!
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Lisa
12/23/2022 12:51:42 pm
Jam in a bag?! I wouldn't have believed it without the pic. We've got -29 degree wind chills today in case you're wondering what you're missing (besides us of course!) Love you guys ❤️
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