Jim had wanted to go to Costa Rica for AT LEAST the past 20 years. Never sure quite why - there was something about 'the coast of riches' that just appealed to him. Dick loves to explore new places, and prior to meeting Jim had gone many places he had not yet experienced. When Dick and Jim met in 2000, they began an at least annual venture to unvisited places. (an interesting aside; the first weekend Jim and Dick spent together after meeting; they ran into Betsy Walton right after breakfast -- introducing Dick to the extended Nowlen clan right away... Destiny????).
In 2003 Jim met his friend Mike Conley; who he met as a result of his work. Jim had known OF Mike for the prior five years from Jim's prior job, but it was his new job that led them to meet. Mike Conley sure sounds like an irishman, but he is actually Irish/Panamanian. And Mike and his buds had been investing in Costa Rica from some time. So in the years from 2003 through 2006 Mike regailed Jim with more stories of Costa Rica than Jim had ever heard from other friends who had vacationed there.
Costa Rica is an exotic, yet very normal country. Warm people, lovely weather, kick-a*s rain during rainy season.
So began the planning of Jim and Dick's Costa Rica trip scheduled for February 2007. And thus began a whole new adventure....
(to be continued)
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