Arrived in Ojochal!

Hi everyone! Well, we made it to our home in Costa Rica! Our last day together on the road was a blur as we were both excited to get south and arrive in Ojochal. We left the condo in Playa Hermosa (thanks again Michael and Josta!) fairly early without our Scottish...

Package Delivered!

We turned left off one of the best roads in Central America and began the final leg of our journey on one of the worst. We didn’t care, though, because this rutted gravel road led us into the tiny jungle village of Ojochal, over the single-lane bridge, past our...

Border Crossings

We’re in the home stretch of a journey where we’ve swung for the fences…and I simply don’t want to stop riding with Holly. We’ve settled into such an easy routine these past five weeks: up relatively early, find breakfast, pack the bike,...

Crossed the Costa Rican Border!

Hey guys! I know that you have all suffered gravely at the lack of my blogs (sorry 😉 ) but again, I have been so busy with everything that’s been happening. For example, a few days ago at the border of Honduras and Nicaragua an elderly man with one leg came up...
Dear Alyssa…

Dear Alyssa…

December 6, 1998…fifteen years ago. Feels like a lifetime in some ways, like yesterday in others. You came to us, chose us, to be your parents and we were honoured by your gift of brief life. Everyone who met you, whose finger you squeezed tightly in your tiny...
Rainy Day Magic

Rainy Day Magic

I’m staring at a wall of photos. Staring at a life, at many lives. It’s mesmerizing. Days of youth, a wedding day, travels, the babies growing older, stronger. It occurs to me that most houses in most towns on the planet have similar walls. People who have...