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.
Well...apologies for the delay in writing for you frequent flyers...just seemed to be so busy. We lost one of the CRST members to the States as Marie went home to Massachusetts last Friday. Prior to that there was almost daily games held at 4 PM and some sunsets mixed in there too. Enjoy the slideshow below. Last Tuesday morning, after a walk on the beach, Sha needed a pedicure so she left me on the beach to play in the water while she got a little pampering. Even though I hit the ocean without either of us thinking about a plan to meet back up after the pedicure; we timed things pretty well as I came out of the beach shower, Sha was coming back down to the beach. She introduced me to her new friend she met at the spa, and before I could tell her her toes looked pretty she said they had an opening for her to get a haircut and would I mind if she did. Now, so that you realize what a big deal this was; Sha has had the same (and only) hair stylist for the last 22 years. A big thank you to Jennafer for always making my bride's hair look fantastic! So, back to playing in the waves I went as she went back to the spa. With her great new haircut, Sha and a group of us went downtown to Coconutz Bar for karaoke night; and the place was packed. Kev might've got up and sang a song; but there is no evidence...so it didn't really happen...or did it?! Wednesday was the usual morning walk, pool and then afternoon Shanghai with Marie and Lucie, with a sunset break followed by another round of cards. Thursday was live music night at the Garden Bar around the corner from our place, where we saw Charley Lopez. He played the good ole songs we grew up hearing and sang songs in English, Spanish, and some in French! Afterward, Lucie took the group of us in her golf cart downtown to hear another band playing at the Bambu bar on the beach. Drinks and a little dancing was a great end to that night. This is the tree by the Bambu bar on the beach; and the tree is about 10 meters from the beach sand. It is hard to show the uniqueness of this tree...but it's really cool. Friday night was supposed to be Salsa night at the Garden Bar; but the event was cancelled. Luckily we had found that out before showing up there. Even luckier still that afternoon, we were invited to meet our 1st floor friend Norm's (and Karen) brother Adam visiting from D.C. When they discovered our evening's plans were open, they invited us to come along to dinner downtown! So the five of us climbed in Norm's SUV and we took a brief sightseeing tour to Ocotal (neighboring beach community) to met Karen's brother Martin and roommate at Father Roosters; a great place on the beach with wonderful food (everyone agrees that has eaten there). On the way there we crossed paths with Martin coming toward Coco where we found out, during a quick pause in the road, that Father Roosters was closed. We quickly decided to go back to town (after we finished our scenic tour) to Zi Lounge for dinner. Enjoyable conversations and a fantastic meal followed! A little TV at home capped another wonderful day. Our Saturday morning walk ended up being in the rains that started shortly afterwards, and never let up throughout the day. That sparked the long-awaited return to the CRCT. I know, I know, I haven't updated you on the standings for quite some time--another apology. Here are some highlights; we finished August with Sha leading the series 21-16. By the middle of September, I had cut the lead down to three (30-27). Sha won 2 out of the next 3 games, and then we had a break of 8 days without a game until Saturday's rain. The day started out as a friendly match between good friends... but soon turned vicious as the Kevster was making a comeback... The day saw some incredible hands, (not just the ones around my neck!) with Sha landing a couple of 24 point hands, one of these had me with 4 Aces in the crib! Having survived all "the hands", I came out ahead with 5 wins to 3 losses at afternoon's conclusion; bringing the series tally to Sha 35, Kev 33. Spaghetti dinner that Sha had stewing most of the day was wonderful with some wine, prepped us for an evening on the couch for a movie and occasional thunder, as the rain continued. Sunday, I found the couch and never moved (except to eat). I believe the celebration associated with Saturday's 5 wins to be the guilty party responsible for the inability to activate physical movement. Thank goodness we get the NFL Red Zone, and the Sunday night game! We do have to take time to watch La Casa del Dragones at 7 PM. Kyle, we missed episode 5 last week during the Bear's game and had to catch updates from the internet. Today we were back in business with another great walk through some nearby neighborhoods. We spotted a dirt road midway on our walk (our favorite place to turn onto), and ventured in to see what there was to see. We saw some more cool houses, and met two new friends... An afternoon with friends at the pool, and you're all caught up with your Costa Rican couple! Our friend the skunk squirrel even stopped by to say hi! Pura Vida!
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