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Paquita, Costa Rica 🇨🇷
Travel date: July 4, 2024 Update: Still hot. Still humid. One of the things I enjoy most about traveling is learning about and experiencing other cultures, and today’s experience was incredible. We traveled to the small town of Paquita to go horseback riding on a family farm (Rancho Tipico Don Juan). Our guide, Randall (who…
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Quepos, Costa Rica 🇨🇷
Travel date: July 3, 2024 Adventure Day! I was talked into kayaking through the mangroves today with a naturalist guide. Sometimes, I cannot believe the shit I agree to while on vacation. Rest of our group had a fun beach day. But before kayaking: We learned all about how to harvest “palm dates”, which are…
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Quepos, Costa Rica 🇨🇷
Travel day: July 2, 2024 Humidity = 255% Ken and the big kids went paddle boarding this morning. Rest of the group went zip lining. Even in vacation adventure mode, I’m skipping both of those activities. The sloths we watched yesterday have not moved. In fact, they added a third sloth to the tree party.…
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Quepos, Costa Rica 🇨🇷
Travel Date: July 1, 2024 Humidity = 98%. I will never complain about humidity in DC again. That’s a lie. I totally will. But this place is next level humid. A few of our group went deep sea fishing today. There is not enough scopolamine to make me think it is a good idea to…
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San Juan & Quepos, Costa Rica 🇨🇷
Travel date: June 30, 2024 We are in Costa Rica this week to celebrate Ken’s mom’s 80th birthday with family. Our flight left Dulles at 3am yesterday morning. This is an absurd hour to travel. 0/10 do not recommend. Today, I’m grateful for scopolamine patches. The three hour car trip from San Jose Airport to…
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Monterey, California 🇺🇸 🦦
Travel date: January 2, 2024 We have sun today! I over-bought beverages for the house this week, so the theme for today is: hydration. Ken still needs to drink 7 Diet Cokes before tomorrow morning. Andrew is a huge golf guy, so he and Annaliese played a round this morning at The Hay Short Course…
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Pebble Beach, California 🇺🇸 ⛳️
Rented e-bikes this morning and biked 17-Mile Drive. Getting started, Ken says: “There might be some sketchy spots along the way with traffic, so be careful.” I really wish he wouldn’t use words like sketchy when he wants me to do adventure stuff. Turns out: e-bikes are great fun – and I am really good…
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Carmel, California 🇺🇸 🌊
Gigantic storm rolled through the central coast of California last night. Have always loved watching a storm roll in. And this beast was a doozy. Significant flooding, dangerous rip currents, and several road closures. I want NO part of owning a beach home. Took a walk on the beach this am bc I wanted to…
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San Francisco, California 🇺🇸 🌁
Neither of our bonus kids had ever been to CA before this trip. So, a day in SF felt necessary. SF has always been one of my favorite cities. Even w/ all of its current & very serious issues, I love it. Would I live there? Absolutely not. But it’s fun to visit. I know…
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Monterey, California 🇺🇸 🦦
We’re back in our old stompin’ grounds this week with our kids and our bonus kids (Anna’s boyfriend, Andrew, and Max’s college roommate, Cameron). Ken and I lived here in the mid 90s while Ken was getting his master’s degree. Have always loved this place. Anxious to show it to the crew. Infuriating experience at…
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Phoenix, Arizona 🇺🇸 🌵
Ken got up at the crack of dawn to hike. Here’s a couple of pics from his hike – more balloons! I hiked 250 feet to the coffee shop. Here’s a couple of pics from my hike – Nutella mocha! Walked through downtown Sedona (aka the new age crystal capital of the world) on our…
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Sedona, Arizona 🇺🇸 🌵
Today tested my limits. There are trails everywhere in Sedona. Literally everywhere. What there *isn’t* is any place to park. We tried 3 different trailheads this morning at 6:30am, and they were all full. Had to get creative with a parking space. Update: Ken got me a sporty walking stick. It helps with balance, but…