{"id":1019,"date":"2020-04-29T07:00:57","date_gmt":"2020-04-29T07:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/?p=1019"},"modified":"2022-04-05T18:26:13","modified_gmt":"2022-04-05T18:26:13","slug":"throwback-to-costa-rica-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/?p=1019","title":{"rendered":"Throwback to Costa Rica, 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"

Being quarantined is making us, like many people, stir crazy.\u00a0 We want to get out and continue to see the world! It has also made us reminisce about past travel. Since we are not able to go out and explore and share new adventures with you, we are looking back at some of the amazing travel we did in the past.<\/p>\n

This week we will go back to Costa Rica in October 2014.\"\"<\/p>\n

We went to Costa Rica with Michael\u2019s father, Gerry, Michael\u2019s sister, Melissa, and her daughter, Violet. Lucas was 4 and Henry and Violet were both one year old. The kids were so little!\"\"<\/p>\n

This was our first trip to Central America.\u00a0 We spent 8 days in Costa Rica, four days in Arenal, and four days in Jaco.<\/p>\n

Our first night in San Jose, we stayed at a Radisson hotel.\u00a0 We stayed in the same hotel this year when we flew into San Jose and it brought back memories.\"\"<\/p>\n

Early the next morning, we rented a small van and set out for Arenal. The van just barely fit the seven of us, our luggage, and Melissa\u2019s jogging stroller.<\/p>\n

Gerry had some trouble with the GPS, but luckily, we corrected the course before we got too lost. We enjoyed the drive and stopping along the way at sodas (homes on the side of the rode that are also small restaurants).<\/p>\n