Just Jen - The Sheridans

From the Arizona desert our family (Bill, Jen, Callista 10 and Bear) began a new life adventure in Costa Rica, January 2006. We live near San Ramon de Alajuela. This journal is a way for us to share our adventures with family and friends both old and new. This travel blog is for our travels , our website http://www.anewlifeincostarica.com will give you a glimpse into our lives in Costa Rica. Our photo journals let you see Costa Rica and our lives thru my eyes. http://community.webshots.com/user/jennifsh0701

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By Just Jen
October 18th 2007

Thanks for reading

Central America Caribbean » Costa Rica » Alajuela » San Ramon

Reflection

WOW! I had no idea people were still reading our travel blog. I was looking at the stats from our website and found several people had come from here. A quick check of the stats on this site shows people are indeed reading my posts even though I haven't posted here since July. It just goes to show you people are interested in Costa Rica. Thank-you to those who find and read my site. We haven't done much traveling as Callista has been in school. We've mostly done day trips I didn't think anyone would be interested in. School will be [View Full Entry]

By Just Jen
July 4th 2007

4th of July in Herradura

Central America Caribbean » Costa Rica » Puntarenas » Jaco

RECOVERED

We headed to the beach on Tuesday to spend a couple of days with our beach buddies and check out their recently finished house. The house looked great. The two of them did a great job on everything from construction to decorating. We felt everything very well thought out and nicely done. It was good getting tips from them on do's & don'ts in construction. We arrived early which left the day open for Callista, Bill & Bear to hit the beach. We learned there is a difference in types of boogie boards. Beach people know this, we didn't. Ours [View Full Entry]

By Just Jen
June 27th 2007

Got wood?

Central America Caribbean » Costa Rica

Different types of available trunks
We saw cedar, pine, eucalyptus, laurel and guanacaste.

It's been a long time since I posted on Travelblogs but we haven't been doing any traveling. We had a rather different adventure today so I thought I'd post it here. We went with a carpenter friend to look at wood he wanted to purchase. In Costa Rica carpenters don't run to Home Depot or Lowe's to buy wood to make projects. They go out and buy a tree trunk. Lumber yards are different here. You can actually watch them bring in the trees direct from the forest and pick the tree you want. We watched as a worker unloaded [View Full Entry]

By Just Jen
April 30th 2007

Colinas del Poas

Central America Caribbean » Costa Rica » Alajuela

Colinas del Poas

On a recent trip to Alajuela we discovered Colinas Del Poas, a beautiful place to enjoy a Canopy tour,kayak, fish for rainbow trout and have a delicious meal. We were doing Bill's favorite thing, exploring different roads when we came across this place. If you're vacationing and don't have a lot of time I'd highly recommend a trip here as you can do the ziplines and visit Poas Volcano all in the same day. There's a Mirador restaurant as you head back down into Alajuela we've eaten at previously that gives you stunning central valley views at night. For more [View Full Entry]

By Just Jen
April 21st 2007

Day Trip - Bureal

Central America Caribbean » Costa Rica

Bureal
It's hard to know exactly where you are unless you see one of these small signs.

Today we went to a nearby Tilapia farm to fish, ride horses and relax in beautiful surroundings. What a treat to have the entire place to ourselves. We arrived around 10am and left just after 5pm. We chose to go on Saturday as we know Sunday is typically a day local families go to such places together. With me still unsteady on my feet we figured it was better to go on a day likely to have less people. We never expected to be the only guests. While Bill & Callista made the rounds on the property checking out the [View Full Entry]

By Just Jen
April 8th 2007

2nd Easter in Costa Rica

Central America Caribbean » Costa Rica » Alajuela » San Ramon

Mmmmm yummy!
Callista eating her banana split.

Ah, we're well into our second year now and experiencing everything in a whole new light. We aren't new here anymore. Our routines and habits are more settled than last years time of travel. Easter this year isn't a big deal at all for us as we aren't religious. To the locals, a predominately Catholic society, Easter is not a commercial holiday like it is in the states. Easter is about Jesus not Easter baskets and chocolate bunnies. I like that. Callista wasn't expecting today to be different than any other Sunday. We did buy her a couple of chocolate [View Full Entry]

By Just Jen
April 5th 2007

San Ramon to Grecia & up to Poas Volcano

Central America Caribbean » Costa Rica » Alajuela » Grecia

Metal Church in Grecia
This famous metal church was formed in the 1890s.

San Ramon to Grecia & up to Poas Volcano Central America Caribbean » Costa Rica » alajuela » Grecia By Just Jen April 5th 2007 The SheridansI thought I'd post some of the photos from our drive thru Grecia last Monday on our way to Poas Volcano. We took the Auto Pista from San Ramon to Grecia and traveled the the towns of San Pedro, Frijanes and Poasito. We could've driven on the autopista to Alajuela and up but chose the more scenic route. For more about our lives in Costa Rica please check out our website: www.anewlifeincostarica or click here [View Full Entry]

By Just Jen
April 3rd 2007

Poas Volcano

Central America Caribbean » Costa Rica

Entrance to National Park

Poas Volcano Central America Caribbean » Costa Rica By Just Jen April 3rd 2007 The SheridansHola travelblog readers! It's been awhile since I last posted here as we haven't been traveling. Callista is off school for Semana Santo this week so we've had a chance to get out of town if only for a day trip. Yesterday we went to see Volcan Poas. We visited the volcano last year but weren't able to see anything due to cloud cover. This trip was successful! It was a beautiful day and viewing was spectacular! Enjoy the photos. For the whole story please click here [View Full Entry]

By Just Jen
February 13th 2007

Out of commission temporarily

Central America Caribbean » Costa Rica » Alajuela » San Ramon » San Pedro

For those waiting for the story of Bill's hike up Mt. Chirripo, it's been pre-empted, temporarily. Blogs will be few and far between for a few weeks now because while Bill neared the base camp of Chirripo I fell down the concrete steps near the pool at our hotel and instantly knew my leg was broken, just my luck...I heard the two snaps. Callista and I were lucky enough to have the owners nearby to help us. I'll write all the details later ... the main details, I made it to the ER in Perez Zeledon Tuesday nite. We retrned to [View Full Entry]

By Just Jen
February 6th 2007

Mt. Chirripo Hike

Central America Caribbean » Costa Rica » San José » San Gerado de Rivas

Loading the car
Terry, Bill and Edgar tying things down.

Reservations were made in December for the Feb 6th hike up Mt. Chirripo. Hiking alongside Bill would be our friends Edgar, Solange and Terry. It was decided Callista & I would drive down with the gang and wait at the hotel for them to return from the two day hike. With Terry and Bill speaking limited Spanish and Edgar and Solange limited English, Callista and I were needed to interpret. Bear, well he goes where ever Callista and I go, besides we’d seen a couple of the hotel possibilities before and felt more comfortable having Bear in case we needed protecting. [View Full Entry]

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Blogs & Travel Journals

Thanks for reading

4th of July in Herradura

Got wood?

Colinas del Poas

Day Trip - Bureal

2nd Easter in Costa Rica

San Ramon to Grecia & up to Poas Volcano

Poas Volcano

Out of commission temporarily

Mt. Chirripo Hike