Ron & Cris' Big Adventure

Welcome to our collection of thoughts, notes, and photos related to our trip to Panama. We leave a week from today, and things are pretty well set for the trip. Just all those little projects that have be done first, like paying my NYS sales tax, stopping the mail, and preparing for potential disasters at home (like ice storms, power outages, etc.). You know - the things that make you crazy getting ready for a big trip! Fortunately, our friends Tom and Lynn are keeping an eye on the house and the weather for us.

BUT, it will be heavenly to step into warm humid air in Panama City. We'll travel by bus to El Valle (in the mountains west of Panama City) where we'll settle in for a couple of weeks. I have resolved to complete a drawing or painting and to do my yoga routine every day while at our little cottage. Ron will be swooping about looking for birds, and I certainly will be with him for a lot of that too. By the way, in the photo above we are doing a "binocular test session" in Florida  this past December. This photo of lush vegetation is from the web site of our little cabana.

And outside, the snow is softly and steadily falling. The forecast calls for 6 to 12 inches , followed by another storm later this week.