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Hitched

Fri, 30 Apr 2010 20:21:22 -0500

I finally got around to ordering a hitch for my Jeep this week.

Blue Angels (2)

Mon, 19 Apr 2010 10:01:00 -0500

The Blue Angels were in town this weekend..

...SNOW?!?

Fri, 12 Feb 2010 21:53:18 -0500

Taken moments ago...

1,000 and counting

Sun, 03 Jan 2010 21:00:00 -0500

I hit 1,000 hours at the South Carolina Aquarium today, just shy of my 6 year anniversary as a volunteer.

National Pi Day

Sat, 14 Mar 2009 11:58:48 -0500

Happy [first official] Pi Day

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Broken Metatarsals

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 18:38:11 -0500

There is no conclusive evidence as to how this happened, but Hershey gets to wear bandages for a few weeks while her two fractured metatarsals heal. Other than hobbling on three feet, it has not seemed to phase her much. If only she could have gotten an orange bandage...

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Mon, 03 Sep 2007 18:30:00 -0500

Today was the last day of planned adventures. With another early pickup by Hightide, we were taken to their shop for some ATV driving lessons. After we passed our driving tests we began our two hour 'mountain tour' through the trails of Tamarindo. Being the rainy season we were blessed with lots of mud on the trails (sometimes so much that it was quite easy to get stuck in big puddles). On the tour was the only time I saw, high in the trees, monkeys on the trip. The trails led us, with a short drive on some [dirt] roads, to the same place we took the canopy tour. We basically turned around there and took the same trails back..which seemed completely different with the change in direction.

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Sun, 19 Aug 2007 18:30:00 -0500

On the menu for today was breakfast at Grinds, located at another restaurant called Kahiki's. It is apparently where the locals go for breakfast..not that I noticed too many choices. It was typical breakfast food..and it was good.

Today's activity was surfing...the reason many people go to Costa Rica. Not having much experience (maybe 30 minutes about 17 years ago) I took a lesson. We learned the basics in about ten minutes before getting into the water. We then spent nearly two hours surfing. I was able to stand up on the second or third wave I caught..and many more afterwards. Unfortunately the waves were breaking fairly close to the shore so you couldn't ride for too long..and when you went down, you were likely hitting the ground. The teacher was relentless. It was probably the best workout I've had in ages. As soon as you'd get back out to where the waves were breaking, he'd have you turn around and catch the next wave. At the end of the lesson I was glad that he had pushed us that hard because we got some good practice. During the lesson, however, I would have really liked to have been able to breathe. My arms weren't too happy at the end of the two hours either..

Dinner was pizza at Pizzeria Las Baulas, next to Dragon Fly. Again, nothing out of the ordinary (well nothing like Papa Johns and Pizza Hut)..thin crust pizza with some odd topping choices.

Pura Vida - Día Cautro

Sat, 18 Aug 2007 18:30:00 -0500

The fourth day in Costa Rica is a day I had been looking forward to for quite some time. It had been 12 years, 1 month, and 2 days since my last [SCUBA] dive. Very early in the morning we were picked up outside the villa and taken about an hour north to la Playa Flamingo where we were stripped of our shoes and boarded a boat to take us to a boat (no docks) headed to the Catalina Islands.