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Roxie

What’s Roxie Doing While I’m in Costa Rica?

Many of you have asked me what’s Roxie is doing while I’m in Costa Rica?” Well…. THIS! : ) Best dog EVER! 🙂

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Releasing Baby Turtles in Montezuma

Releasing Baby Turtles in Montezuma

Yesterday I was walking along the beach here, in Montezuma, Costa Rica, and I came upon a turtle hatchery just as they were hatching baby turtles! This was not a tour, or a tourist attraction, just a hatchery doing their conservation work. There was a handful of people hanging around ...

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Tamarindo Beach

10 Days in Tamarindo

I’m in Costa Rica! I spent my first 10 days in Tamarindo with a friend. I used the time to unwind and release any remaining stresses of city and office life and create a routine to take and appreciate each new day as it comes. My days have looked like ...

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Costa Rica Crocodile

Steve the Crocodile!

Costa Rica has all kinds of wildlife. So far I’ve seen some beautiful birds, howler monkeys, an iguana, squirrels, geckos, all sorts of bugs, and the most amazing thing I’ve seen is a CROCODILE!!! Before coming here, I had heard that there are crocodiles in the estuary in Tamarindo. There ...

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Sunrise at Atlanta Airport

My Journey to Costa Rica

Vancouver Island > Vancouver I had a long day ahead of me for my journey to Costa Rica. Although my flight out of YVR wasn’t until 5:45pm, I still had to get over to the mainland from the Island. So after hugging Roxie goodbye, I got in the car and ...

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Fall Leaves

Fall Leaves

When was the last time you actually played in the fall leaves? It’s been a while for me. The past few years I’ve watched them fall, admired and appreciated their colors, and photographed them, but it’s been a long time since I’ve kicked them around. So as I enjoy my ...

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4 More Sleeps Until Costa Rica!!!

Costa Rica, here I come! I can hardly wait! In just 4 more sleeps I set out on the 17 hour journey to Costa Rica, and on Sunday afternoon I will be soaking in the sights, sounds and smells of a new tropical destination! Every time I get off a ...

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Moving Day

I’m Officially Homeless!

Today was a crazy day. I woke up in Whistler with my family, had a cup of coffee, and hit the road back to Vancouver for Moving Day. We drove straight to U-haul and were at my house, ready to load up by 12:30. By 2pm everything was loaded, the ...

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BC Place, Vancouver, Canada

Thank You Vancouver, I’ll Miss You!

Over the past week, I’ve been walking around Vancouver appreciating the amazing weather and taking in the stunning views that I will soon be missing. So I thought I would share some my images that I’ve taken in the past several years in our beautiful city. Thank you Vancouver for ...

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Follow your gut instincts

How To Follow Your Gut

Have you ever thought about doing something when you got this weird feeling that maybe you shouldn’t? Like you KNOW it’s a bad idea, but you can’t explain how you know it? That strange feeling that in retrospect, you usually kick yourself for not following it and saying to yourself, ...

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