Packing for Costa Rica

Vacation. Paid Time Off. Running away from home. Call it what you will, but the time has come for us to take a journey. Joe and I don't travel as much now as we did in our pre- and early married days, back when we were both working at the firm. We had numerous days off there and less responsibilities. We were not owners of a dog day care. Things were different then, but not better. Because of this though, we haven't been on a big trip in at least a year if not two. Until tomorrow. Because tomorrow we leave for...

Costa Rica!

Yay! With our friends Katrina & Ryan Wymore and Hank Crowder & Sarah Patterson, we are taking to the open road. Well, not so much the open road, but definitely to the open air, and down to Central America. Back in 2011 we discussed the idea of taking a big trip all together. Many destinations were optioned, and we decided on Costa Rica in August 2012. It is close, but not too close, it will be adventurous, but not too adventurous, and we could book it all together as a private tour. Exciting!

We leave tomorrow morning. Joe and I are approximately 40% packed - and by packed I mean that we've laid stuff out all over the house and made numerous lists. 

This does not count as being packed:

Neither does this:

That suitcase is new and completely empty.

But soon it will be full and we will be 100% packed and on our way to adventure, fun, sand, sun, volcanoes, rainforests, cloudforests, and fab memories with our best friends.

See you in 10 days!