We left Antigua last Monday to take a shuttle to the lakeside town of Panajachel, Guatemala. We used EcoAdventures for our shuttle arrangements, as well as for our tour of Iximiche, and we found them to be mostly prompt and professional. We were scheduled for a 12:30 p.m. pick up, and they arrived about 20 [Read More]

I have really fallen in love with Guatemala! We’ve spent eight nights here, and we are so sad to leave. We had heard stories from people that made us feel a little nervous about our visit, but it really could not have been more wonderful. When we arrived at the Guatemala City airport from Costa [Read More]

We spent a beautiful six days on the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica last week! We flew out of LAX on Thursday night and took an overnight flight to San Jose City, with a brief layover in Mexico City. It was a pretty exhausting day of travel that was then extended when we got our [Read More]

We’re crossing the desert and that, alone, is enough to let us know that we’re almost home. It’s bittersweet to be heading back to Southern California; we’re all looking forward to being back with friends and family, but we’ve truly enjoyed our adventures together! Our last days on the road have included two sightseeing stops. [Read More]

Okay, so maybe Arkansas doesn’t seem like a magical place to everyone, but it was the last of the 50 states for me to experience in my life, so our arrival felt magical to me! We spent a long day driving from New Orleans to our campground in Arkansas. We had decided that Daisy State [Read More]