Get to bed early...

Well I hope everyone is able to pack before the late night. It seems like a reasonable bed time might be around 2pm for you guys. But if you have to stay up later just sleep on the plane no worries. Things in Costa Rica are running as planned ready for the East Ridge trip. All guides, buses, and events are in place just counting down till the airport pickup. We travel with a large crew which is part of the service we offer. We will have two buses, which means two drivers, two guides, one videographer, and myself (My title is "The Blogger"). This will put six staff members at all time on the trip along with other guides they will meet up throughout the trip such as the cave, rafting, ect. One job that each member of the staff gets is that they have to know everyones name by the end of day two. We let the bus drivers get till day 3 because they only speak Spanish so it is just a little tougher but they get it.

We had our first heavy rain yesterday which I have to say was great. It was a super dry rainy season last year. It is a beautiful morning right now and weather should be nice for the trip. Just to give you an idea of what the scene will look like for the kids when they arrive. They will walk through customs and immigration and then outside the airport where they will meet us. We all know Jennifer and assuming she has not changed her hair style we should recognize her but we also have signs with our logo on it and East Ridge on it. Jonthan and Jheudy the two naturalist guides will be meeting the kids and walk them to the area where we load the buses. We will all pile in the buses where the drivers will introduce themselves, I will introduce myself, videographer, and then Jonathan & Jheudy take over. They will arrive in the San Jose airport which is at an elevation of 3,000ft and is located in what is called the Central Valley which is closed in by volcanoes and mountains. The hotel we will be staying at the first night is at an elevation of 5,000ft which down here we consider chilly but for you guys just getting over winter Im sure it will be nice Spring weather. The picture above is a picture of the valley at night. If you look close you can actually see the Costa Rica San Jose airport from here. Well that is it for now and stay tuned because it is getting very close to show time!!!