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Final Days In Jaco Costa Rica
Travel Log: Day 49 (8/15), Jaco Costa Rica Today we wrapped up the first week of homeschool. BC passed his vocab and spelling tests. We also did some fun stuff for astrophysics, learning about star deaths. We went to the pool in the afternoon and FAC followed. Travel Log: Day 50 (8/16), Jaco Costa Rica…
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Homeschool And Haircuts
Travel Log: Day 45 (8/11), Jaco Costa Rica We had a really good day today. It was the first day of homeschool and we got to put our plan to the test. We had a few glitches through the day. Examples are that we had some trouble getting assignments to flow to BC in Khan…
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Denver To Guam Marathon, Water Issues, And Homeschool
Travel Log: Day 41 (8/7), Jaco Costa Rica I spent most of the day doing post-Japan research, but squeezed in a workout while the kids and JC were at the pool. I went full circle on this Guam stuff and now want to go to Guam after Japan, but in October. It also will be…
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July Gap Year Budget
July is our first full month of travel and is our first chance to see if the financial aspects of this trip are going according to plan. We projected expenses for the places we are traveling using numbeo, but the accuracy of that in practice is a complete unknown to us. Being in Costa Rica…
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Turtles And Amish Of Jaco
Travel Log: Day 34 (7/31), Jaco Costa Rica JC hit another breaking point with screens and wanted a no screen day. I’m always game for those, so we went ahead and did it. The kids, mostly BC maybe, act put out by this. In reality they come to life and thrive on it. I don’t…
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El Miro Abandoned Hotel, Mansion, Or Something
Travel Log: Day 31 (7/28), Jaco Costa Rica We didn’t leave the condo complex today, except for JC going for a walk. JC took the kids to the pool a couple of times, and I worked out while they were gone. I was really struggling, I think because it was leg day and I’m still…
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Sodas In Costa Rica: Not Even Good For The Money
Travel Log: Day 30 (7/27), Jaco Costa Rica Grocery Run JC and I went to the big grocery store again and came back with another full large haul for $120. I’m having trouble gauging what our grocery spend rate is going to be for our time here, but it seems pretty high. We took an…
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Running In Jaco – Totally Doable
Travel Log: Day 27 (7/24), Jaco Costa Rica We went to the pool this morning and only stayed for about an hour. After that we had lunch and just did stuff around the condo. Around 4:30 we went to the beach to watch the sunset and the kids got in the ocean again. BC had…
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American Dumbass In The Sun
Travel Log: Day 26 (7/23), Jaco Costa Rica Sun & Beach Today was our first full day in Jaco. We awoke with a surprise that the sun was shining. Wanting to take advantage of that we quickly ate breakfast and then went to the beach. We checked the UV index before leaving and it was…
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On To Jaco (or Hugo, or Jake-O, or Jacko)
Travel Log: Day 24 (7/21), Costa Rica As we wind down our time here in La Fortuna, our interest in doing any tourist activities in the area has ended. The main activity of the day was a family workout. Everyone did my workout routine which was sort of fun to get some feedback on what…
Traveling Toward Fire
A Premature FI Experiment
