Welcome!

Hello friends and family!  If you're here, that means you either received my email or someone conned you into following a link here.  Surprise!

For those of you that don't know the details, I am a part of Rogue Community College's Study Abroad program here in Grants Pass, Oregon.  Myself and 14 other students are headed to Costa Rica for a month.  Two weeks of Spanish language immersion, and two weeks of field biology and ecology.  For the first two weeks, we stay with a local Costa Rican family.  For the last two weeks, we stay at three different research stations. The first is in Monteverde, a non-profit reserve in the cloud forest mountains in the northern part of the country.  The next is Cabo Blanco, a private nature reserve on the western Nicoya Peninsula only open to students.  Our last stop is the La Selva Biological Station, a research station in the rain forest near the eastern Caribbean Coast.

Time and Internet access allowing, I am planning on updating this blog with witty stories, beautiful pictures, and enlightening commentary on my travels in Costa Rica.  So be sure to follow me to keep updated on all the awesome details that will be coming!  I leave on June 25th!

Pura vida!