Our Friends Are Back!!

November 21-27

Our dear friends Bob McDow and Carol Milam visited us this time last year. We were hoping that they would be the first guests in our new home. We thought the house would have been done, and you guessed it - it wasn't. I told them that they needed to come back the next year at the same time and promised the house would be done by then.

The time had come and I asked them if they were coming, but there was a little hesitation. I sent them an email that convinced them they needed to come visit. They agreed, but the deal was is that all they wanted to do this time was to just relax and have an opportunity to just chill out. Knowing our house was the perfect place for doing this, I said no problema.

We picked them up at the airport on the 21st and we were really happy to see them. They are absolutely fantastic people. During their stay, we really didn't do much except relax and maybe go out to dinner a couple of times.

Carol was always up around 5:00 AM and reading a book. She said that she loved to see the beautiful Costa Rica sunrise. I don't know how many books she read, but it was a lot.  Many times while she was reading, Bob would take the opportunity to take a dip in the pool. He was in it more in one day than I have been since we first filled it with water.  

                                                  

Now, just because they said they wanted to relax and chill out, didn't mean that we weren't going to take the opportunity to have some fun as you can see.

The one big event we had while they were here was the Thanksgiving Dinner. These  pictures are some that Bob took and I wanted to share them with you.                                                                                            

These are my two buddies; Robin on the left. He is a retired bio-chemist born in Puerto Rico and Ron who is retired military in search of a beautiful Costa Rican gal.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

Beside Carol is our friend Mary Park. Her and her husband Graham built a home near Atenas. Across the table on the left is Carolyn who also lives here. The lady in black is Carol. Her and her husband Bob live here about 6 months a year then go back to their home in the Alaska Wilderness.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

You can tell everyone was into the food.                                                                                                                                                                                                                               

Bob and Carol were scheduled to fly out the next day, and I sure didn't want to see them go. Stef made them promise that they would attend our future Thanksgiving Day dinners, so I'm sure they will be back.

NOW LISTEN TO THIS:

I'm finding out that many people who come here just fall in love and want to come back. Because of the low cost of medical care and a good experience Carol had, she has figured out a way to make up her own medical insurance plan. If it works out, she will return every 3 months - have a nice vacation and get some cheap, but very good medical care. The way she has it planned is that the vacations here will be free. As soon as her and Stef get the details worked out, we will let you know more. All I know now is that Carol is booking a flight here in April.

My question is - Carol, are you bringing Bob with you?

See you guys soon and thanks for coming to visit us...