At Least the Traffic was Good.

Apparently traffic is light driving out to Stirling at 12:30AM.  Who knew?  We start our day at the same time good boys and girls would be coming home on a weekend.  But you could tell what time it was if you were looking at the eager faces of 12 students who were about to embark on a trip 2 years in the making!

With the bus loaded, we had a smooth drive to Calgary with the students powered by excitement and me by coffee.  With time to spare we pull up to the economy parking for the Calgary airport.  Wait… did I read that sign correctly?  FULL, USE PARKADE 2?  It’s a little known fact that a bus will not fit in the parkade.  Not even close!  Well, considering the backup plan was praying that we didn’t need one, we pull into the parkade anyways.  After a short drive, I find two stalls that will accommodate our large vehicle. Dallas, hope your ready!

With the kids wide awake and ready to go, we make the frigid stroll from the parking lot to the airport.   It’s a shock to system… it’s cold out there!  I suspect the shock will be just as great when we return.

Things progress smoothly, but slowly as we worked our way through check-in, customs and security.  We make our terminal with 1 hour to spare!  Next stop Dallas!

Less than 24hr!

In less than 24hr, we will be on a plane, heading for Costa Rica!  2 years of planning, organizing, fund raising and harassing students to get their paperwork in will be over!  What will I do with all my spare time?  Oh the options...


Firstly, I'd like to thank the students for fundraising for their trip.  Between the whole group, some raising money on their own, we raised close to $1800 for the trip.  In addition, around $700 of additional funding was raised for a grand total of $2500.  This money covers the cost of tips for bus drivers and tour directors as well as the students excursion, a canopy tour through a tropical rain forest.


With our last info arriving from EF tours, we were given some information on our accommodation while in Costa Rica.  Here are a few pictures of our hotels while traveling.

as you can see from the pictures, the rooms vary from a 4 star hotel in the historical landmark, Hotel Grand Costa Rica, to beach accessible  Colon Caribe, to jungle cabins in Hotel Ara Ambigua which is located in the Sarapiquí region of Costa Rica.

I'm sure everyone is excited to see the sights and people of this unique region of the world!

Hasta La Vista, Stirling!

4 Days to Go!

Well that this point, it's either the stress of going or the stress of not there yet.  Regardless, I'm hoping the kids and myself are packed and ready to go!  Our last meeting will be Wednesday, with our departure from Stirling on Friday, at 1:30 AM.  Yikes!

First Post

Hello followers and welcome to our blog!  Our goal is to post as much information and details about our trip as we can here.  More stuff to follow!