Three-Toed Sloth Rescue Video in Limon Costa Rica A Thunderstorm Knocked Stinky, the Three-Toed Sloth from a Tree We recently had some events happen here on the farm that were cause for great distress but as you know periods of great distress are often followed by relief and happiness. When the storms come here there
New Year’s| Celebrating a New Year in Costa Rica December 7th completed our first year here in Costa Rica. The New Year’s party we attended definitely gave us hope for the upcoming year. I bought a pair of new shoes for the new year and danced all night on a gravel driveway in them (not the
A video on making tamales for christmas in Costa Rica. How we did our part by getting leaves from the yuti growing in our yard. We were lucky enough this year to have some friends invite us over to make tamales, which is a Christmas tradition here in Costa Rica. Our involvement was to bring
Harvesting, Cooking and Preparing Pejibaye, Peach Palm Fruit Pejibaye, or Peach Palm, is a squash type fruit that grows high in the leaves of an extremely spiny and dangerous palm tree here in Costa Rica. Twice a year this palm opens up a huge clam shell leaf and white seeds hang on strings from it,
The senseless killing of Dolphins in Japan It’s September 1st and that means that a group of Japanese men and women will be forcing dolphins (mammals like you and me) into a small cove and trapping them there for days while representatives from Sea World, your local aquariums and water circus’s come to inspect and
There are two types of sloths, one man and one animal *Looking back at this video is hard. It has horrible editing, bad grammar & all sorts of things wrong with it. Shows our early progress but not worth your time. Kim 2/14 Our video shows one of our cute sloths in his Guarumo tree,
Scottish sheep on the Isle of Harris in May.
Zanzibar Fisherman Photo During our Peace Corps service in Tanzania we were lucky enough to have two weeks of vacation a year. We used those weeks to visit the birthplace of Freddy Mercury from Queen. It is truly an amazing little island. It is so small but is just bursting with different cultures. Indians have
Building our first wood cabin in the country. Oh yeah, the cabin is finally completed. We have moved in and live on our farm now. It’s lovely and beautiful and wonderful. Barry received notice of his residency approval this week also so we celebrated a bit. I went to Panama and bought a bunch of
Arenal Volcano in Infrared (Photo) This is Arenal Volcano in Northern Costa Rica. During the green season the cone is covered with moisture on most days. The best days for viewing are during Jan through April early in the morning or in Early October. If you are lucky the night time brings spectacular views of
Utah National Parks – Moab, Canyonlands, Arches, Bryce Canyon This video was taken in early November during our road trip of 2010. We loved Utah’s parks and beer. If you look back into the archives of this site you will find our Zion National Park video and the 6 pack firestarter video, both also shot
Spooky Things in Costa Rica. Our first few months were a bit scary. Ewww, this video shows the scary side of Costa Rica. Our first few months here have been eye opening to say the least! Barry found what he thought was a Hog Nosed Rainforest Pit Viper above his head, but turned out it was
Swimming with birds & monkeys & Building the cabin in Costa Rica Enjoying Nature in Costa Rica while building the cabin, our video You may notice that Barry is editing this video. He claims that in the past I would make fun of him by being biased in what clips I decided to use. I vehemently deny the
Our Trip through Death Valley National Park and Rhyolite Ghost Town During our U.S. Road trip we stopped at Death Valley National Park. Kim first saw the campsite and she was not sure about staying there. It was, by far, the ugliest campground she had seen up to this point. It looked boring and dusty
Our video of Zion National Park, Utah – We spent a week camping in this amazing park. It really does have everything, but it is expensive. This is basically a shaky park brochure. The previous video of the 6 pack firestarter was also shot in Zion. When you see the Angels Landing hike portion you
Making Butter, Collecting Fruit and the Birds – Our new life in Costa Rica Begins We arrived on December 7th and it has rained every day save for three since then. The Caribbean rainy season can last until February and then begins again in August. It is the rain that keeps everything this lovely shade
An easy way to start a campfire – 6 Pack Firestarter in Zion National Park This video is of Kim’s invention, The 6 pack Firestarter. As you know, we tried a microbrew from around every National Park/Monument. We liked some andwe loved some. We loved Polygamy Porter from Park City, Utah. A company by the
Fying instead of Driving and Shipping our stuff to Costa Rica This is an update on our trip. We were planning to drive to Costa Rica this week but have decided to fly instead. There are several factors that went in to this decision, some I consider to be “everything happens for a reason” reasons.
Yosemite National Park Video – Bear Sighting This black bear surprised us on a trail in the Hetch Hetchy area of Yosemite National Park. The black bears in this area have more of a brown coat. This is probably a male judging on his size. We were pretty much scared out of our gourds. We
Grand Tetons National Park and Statistics of our USA trip so far… The view from just behind our campsite was incredible, make sure you ask for site #71. Jackson Hole Lake leads right up to the mountains. Grand Teton National Park is on the West side of Southern Wyoming. There are not a lot of
Yellowstone National Park Video Camping in Yellowstone was sold out the 1st night so we had to go to Gardiner, Montana. The little town was able to charge astronomical prices for everyday items and lodging because of the proximity to the park. We ended up spending about $100 on groceries and $135 for a little
Badlands to Bighorn Badlands to Big Horn from Barry Hovland on Vimeo. Wind Cave National Park is a small dot on a big map. We were just going to drive through, stay one night and be on our merry way. Well sometime in the early afternoon we decided to stop and get gas and beer
Driving to Costa Rica. Fitting it all in. Hi all. This video shows how we put an entire house full of stuff into the back of an 1999 S10 pickup. Fun things about this leg of the trip included looking down at my ring finger half way through Wisconsin and not knowing where my wedding
Applying for Residency in Costa Rica In early August we went back to Costa Rica to apply for residency. We stayed in San Jose proper which is unusual for us, as we normally get straight on a bus to Siquirres and never get to see the big city. We decided that after business was was finished that
Tilt-Shift Effect made easy. Follow the step by step process in this instructional video. Guest post by Andrew Ducker: How to create tilt-shift in Photoshop from Andrew Ducker on Vimeo.
Truck Security. How to prepare for a long trip. Batten down the Hatches This video shows the security system that we had installed in the cab of the truck. We will only be taking a few things that are very near & dear to us so we wanted to make certain that whilst we are back
Gearrannan Black House Village – Isle of Lewis, Scotland Gearrannan Black House Village. In 1989 the inhabitants of the Isle of Lewis restored these houses to their original splendor. One of them is a hostel and for a wee price you can sleep, cook and marvel inside one of these incredible structures. Dun-Carloway Broch, an
Carnival Time-Lapse This Carnival Time-lapse was shot on a Nikon D300 in Bellevue, Kentucky. The colorful lights make for an interesting subject and the people getting on and off the rides give it a personal element that people can identify with. Carnival Timelapse