A long and harrowing drive on a sightseeing outing on a rainy day…The photos are well worth it!
I walked through the archways in the topiary garden at Senor Scissorhands Topiary Garden in the small town of Zarcero. "Sightings from...
Read More Blog Archive
September 2017 Archive
A collection of our daily travel stories, food discoveries, wildlife encounters, and life on the road.
30Total Posts
4Categories
September 2017Archive Period
Sightseeing day…Rental car pick up issues…More museum photos…
These characters were most likely used in parades and local celebration. "Sightings from the Veranda in Costa Rica" "The variegated squirrel is...
Read More
Yeah!…Rental car day…Out and about at last…More museum photos including some unusual items…
Juan Ramon was excited to show us this bottle with a marble inside. "Sightings from the Veranda in Costa Rica" Oranges growing...
Read More
More photos…The museum at Puente Ferrocarril Rio Grande Atenas… Another power outage…
Juan Ramon showed us a railroad calendar. As Tom went though the pages, month by month, he was excited to find this...
Read More
Part 2… A journey to yesteryear in Costa Rica… A railroad depot and freight house… Puente Ferrocarril Rio Grande Atenas… Culture and history…
No, thanks. We had no interest in walking on this bridge at Puente Ferrocarril Rio Grande Atenas. "Sightings from the Veranda in...
Read More
Part 1… A journey to yesteryear in Costa Rica… A railroad depot and freight house… Puente Ferrocarril Rio Grande Atenas… Culture and history…
The blue locomotive at the train depot, Puente Ferrocarril Rio Grande Atenas, with a dual cab. "Sightings from the Veranda in Costa...
Read More
Immigration status resolved…We’re flying out of the country…Check out our year ago photo!!!
This mom and her calf are our neighbors in this gated community of Roco Verde. "Sightings from the Veranda in Costa Rica"...
Read More
Feeding hummingbirds…A simple syrup…a simple task…for simply wonderful bird watching…
It's fun to watch the hummingbirds stab their delicate pointed beaks into the tiny holes of the feeder. See below for our...
Read More
Early morning routine…Life of retirees…More photos from cultural coffee farm tour…
Tom was holding the broom (escoba) made of vegetation at El Toledo Coffee Tour. "Sightings from the Veranda in Costa Rica" Layers...
Read More
9/11 remembrance…A sorrowful day for a nation…For the world…For residents of hurricane stricken states…
This is the remainder of a banana tree's inflorescence described as follows: From 26 to 32, banana leaves will have wrapped around themselves...
Read More