Back from a trip to WARM weather

 My dear husband and I went to Costa Rica for a wonderful vacation. Our daughter and her beaux also went down and we had some time together as well. 

We visited 4 locations: San Jose, the capital where our flight landed, 

central mall, a "street" only for pedestrians

National Theater

Monteverde, a cloud forest ( rain forest in high altitudes),  ( lush forest with enormous plants)

La Fortuna near the volcano Arenal that exploded in 1968 when it also created hot springs ,

and then Tamarindo, a beach community on the Pacific side.  

The sights were amazing as was the wonderful change in climate. So glad to be warm and even hot at times. And we all marveled at the incredible flora and fauna of the region after taking several guided hikes. I saw everything from macaws to poison dart frogs, as well as sloths, tarantulas, and more. We ate local food as well as seafood and lots of watermelon, pineapple and papaya. And we spent lots of time traveling from local to local as the roads were difficult to travel on due to being in the mountains on non paved roads with many ruts and washed out areas. It took us over 5 hours to go 160 miles one day, for example. 

But it was beautiful, and a great escape from the snowstorms we had back home. Plus I got to see my daughter. 

Sarah and her dad

Examples of Costa Rican painted art with some statuesque animals.

So there had been no sewing completed being away from my machine and only minimal cross stitching done in airports.  I did see 1 fabric store which had limited space and no quilting cottons. 😞😞😞

But now,  it is kind of like a new year to get things going again.  I am making lists to complete and getting some of them even done.