We arrived in Savannah December 9th at around 6pm for our one-month stay and were surprised at the airport by our family, who were all dressed in delightful ugly Christmas sweaters.  After such an early start and a long day we were happy to see them. Exhausted, hungry, and worn down from colds we had … Continue reading Christmas in Savannah →

One of the major disadvantages to our nomadic lifestyle is that we don’t have our own nest to feather and “do up” to our liking.  We move from place to place, staying in the accommodations that we hope are a good fit for us. We start researching AirBnB for accommodations about 3-4 months ahead of … Continue reading Sleepy Puerto Viejo de Talamanca – A Surfer’s Paradise →

By mid-February we had only two weeks remaining of our 4-week stay in Puerto Viejo de Talamanca, Costa Rica.  In our time left we made sure to make two final stops: First, the Jaguar Rescue Center The Puerto Viejo Jaguar Rescue Center (JRC) was tucked into the jungle down the street from our crappy little … Continue reading Manzanillo and the Jaguar Rescue Center →

Despite the shitty little villa we stayed in and the incessant rain for the first two weeks, a month in Puerto Viejo de Talamanca wasn’t nearly enough. We had fallen in love with the sleepy little town on the Caribbean and would have loved to stay, but the central highlands of Costa Rica beckoned us … Continue reading Arenal and the Central Highlands of Costa Rica →

We stood motionless in our bare feet on the smooth tile of our bedroom, staring silently at the seething river of ants streaming across the floor. I reached down without taking my eyes off the mass of insects, picked up Braeden, and perched him on my hip. He looked at me with huge, clear blue … Continue reading Nosara: Beauty and Beasts →

We’ve been fortunate to visit some pretty incredible places over the past two years. Angkor Wat. Paris. Ha Long Bay. “The Beach”. Sagrada Familia. The list goes on. We’ve also been lucky to have family come and visit in more than a few locations, but we hadn’t yet had any friends come join us on … Continue reading The Galapagos Part 1: The Gateway →

Braeden and I floated on the surface, peering through our masks at a murky underwater playground. Sea lions, nearly a dozen of them, playfully darted around each other in a high-speed game of tag. A curious juvenile repeatedly turned in our direction, nosed up to within a foot of our masks so we could see … Continue reading The Galapagos Part 2: Santa Fe and Bartolome →