Leavin' on a Jet Plane....

I should post SOMETHING! I'll lose the one Follower I've gained!

The Tall One and I are heading off tomorrow for Baltimore, where we'll spend the night in anticipation of our ridiculously early flight to Costa Rica! I'm very excited in the before the trip frenzy, but I'm sad, too, if I stop to think about it. I'm always a bit melancholy before I leave the homestead to travel the world (or the nation, or anywhere I'm staying overnight). I love my home, my routine, my Grands and their mother. I could happily spend the rest of my life right where I am...but, I love to travel, too.

When the kids were small, it was hard. Vacations, no matter how local, were huge logistic nightmares. Three kids in three years, it's triplets on steroids. I don't remember most of our trips. And, what I remember was awful.

I realized I COULD travel, with Wheeler. Working as the body of a quadriplegic is a make or break proposition. And, I could do it with Wheeler in spades (I don't know what that means, but, it's a good thing). In addition to Canada, a cruise, and a couple of visits to his sister in Tennessee, we did multiple business trips, the apex being a week long traveling trade show...all over the state. Carting computers, TV's, and Wheeler and his plethora of maintenance equipment, driving hours everyday, setting up, tearing down, and handling all the paperwork, made me realize the capacity of my abilities. I'm a machine!

Anyway, when Tall One broached the subject of "travel"...I was ready. We started with Paris, and two super packed suit cases...we've whittled the luggage to a backpack each...and really, I don't miss the "extras". We've traveled solo, in tour groups and with cherished friends...and it's all been good.

Costa Rica is solo. Just me and Tall One Magee! I'm looking forward to our time together - even more than usual. Our last few trips have been with friends, or the Grands, and I would welcome them with us this time, but, it is not to be. So, I get Tall One to myself! And, the hotel room to ourselves! And, we will will take full advantage!

We're looking forward to Arenal, and the hot springs and the volcano! In Monteverdi, it's the canopy tour! On to Manual Antonia and the beach! Everywhere, the national parks, the birds, the monkeys, and each other!

On our mark, we're set, let's go.....