Costa Rica 2007

I finally copied my picture CD's to the computer today. I have two cameras - an older 35 mm and a digital I bought back in November for my trip to Costa Rica. I wasn't sure if I would be able to find film in Costa Rica and, well, I have a trigger happy finger when it comes to taking photos. I love taking photographs of landscapes, flowers, buildings of interest and just simple curiosities that capture my attention.

I took this photo at a roadside market on the way down from the Poas crater. We never actually saw the crater because it was far too rainy and windy to get a good view, but the trip up the volcano mountain and the trip down were quite the adventure for the eye. We passed through a few towns and several coffee and sugarcane fields. There are so many beautiful vistas to be seen in Costa Rica - they just creep up on you on the road and then they are gone in an instant and another photo opportunity arrives that is just as astonishingly beautiful. I actually found myself quite frustrated because I could not take all the photographs that I wanted to - I could have photographed for days.

I have decided to try and make a slideshow out of the best photos from the trip. I just hope I can get that done before the next trip comes around.

Plane Tickets 2

Just a week and a half to go and I will be able to purchase the ticket for Costa Rica. The return flight we had been watching filled up according to Expedia, but it is still open according to Delta. The seats available are going fast. If I could I would buy the ticket today, but I just don't have the cash. I'm waiting on my stimulus check which should arrive at the end of the week or early next week.

In the meantime we need to start planning our trip to Phoenix and Albuquerque - the Four Corners region. We plan to fly into Phoenix in October and drive by the Grand Canyon on our way to Albuquerque for the International Hot Air Ballon Fiesta. It's a trip I have been wanting to take for nearly fifteen years. I only learned about the Fiesta a few years back, but I have longed to drive through the desert lands for many years. I took a bus trip from Las Vegas to Laughlin, Nevada in 1999, but there is something far more appealing about driving through the desert climate on your own terms. We plan to get a car reserved this weekend and maybe make a few other plans and reservations. The plane tickets for those flights have already been purchased. All we need to do now is choreograph the time in between.