Diversity is a gift from God.

I love traveling to different countries to see new cultures, food, experiences, and adventures. Today we are in Costa Rica in the small town of Jaco. We flew into San Jose last night and immediately got into a taxi to take us to the beach town of Jaco. San Jose's elevation is about 4,000 feet and we drove to sea level in an hour and a half! Yes, it was pretty much straight down! I am telling you this because Harry is competing in a mountain bike race in two days called La Ruta that is a three day stage race from Jaco to Limon over the mountains with 25,000 total elevation change. Yes, he is crazy, an animal, and very exciting to share a life with.

Our hotel today and tomorrow is one of those hotels that everything is all inclusive so we are laying by the pool and making sure we get our three free meals. Funny how we are acting like we have never had three meals a day; especially when someone else is cooking and we don't have to pay at the end of the meal. At the pool today I was watching a young family with their little girl in the pool. While watching them having fun splashing in the pool, I was thinking how amazing God is for making the world so large but that families are all the same everywhere. These people had darker skin than me, spoke a different language, lived in a house made differently than mine, and probably had a different life style but they were also on vacation with me, enjoying their family, laughing, and having fun right beside me. God is great!

Costa Rica is one of our favorite countries to travel to because of the diversity of the country and fun things to do here. I wanted to take a picture of the store fronts in Jaco to show you it's Spanish flavor but also it is a surfing town. It has very lush jungle like vegetation. This is a picture of a East West palm the grows about 10 feet tall in Key West and is 18 feet tall here! Needless to say it rains here and this is the rainy month but it has only rained in the mountains since we have been here. Yes, that means Harry will be riding his bike in a lot of mud! I hope to share some really muddy photos if I can find a good internet connection.

this week. More adventures to follow.

My quote will be this for this week:


“Never judge someone
By the way he looks
Or a book by the way it's covered;
For inside those tattered pages,
There's a lot to be discovered”
― Stephen Cosgrove

Diane, Girlfriend, and Gamma