In the beginning Part Sies

The night before we were to return to Wisconsin there was a HUGE BLIZZARD in south east Wisconsin. We read about it on the internet, and were able to instant message our friend Chris from Port Washington who confirmed that the snowfall was significant.

After so many sunny, warm days - we seriously considered extending our stay, and indeed, we could if we just paid a ransom to the airline and Orbitz. We decided returning as planned made the most sense. Afterall, it seemed as though we were destined to return anyway - so why not?

We bid farewell to our other fellow guests at La Plantacion, and packed up to head out the next morning. So began some discussions of how we would pull this off - and read up on details we needed to know. We landed in Milwaukee late that night. While it was clear that there was a decent snowfall, our neighbor Jason had cleared our driveway (and his; with our snowthrower). We were grateful for that.

We returned to work; and began to determine what we wanted on Lot 14 - and set about to forming an LLC to hold it all. We wrote Rob after returning home to confirm that it was our plan to buy that lot, and as soon as reservation agreements could be signed, we would...

Elvira Orly was a great attorney recommended to us, and it was through her we set up our LLC. Dick, in conversing with a coworker - came home one night with the idea of "Torrente de Agua" and we both jumped on the name. It described Lot 14 perfectly. That became the name of our LLC, and would become the name of all associated with our lot.

Of course, we had to grapple with the concept of having a home in another country. But it became our intention to build our building(s), and along with our neighbors, rent them to vacationers to Costa Rica. We felt that a place away from the crowds, but not so far that they were difficult to reach - was a potential experience folks visiting that beautiful country would enjoy.

And over those first weeks back in Wisconsin, we adapted to the notion of this purchase, and changed our personal identities to people with property in other parts of the world. Both of us had often thought that when we went on vacations... But in past travels never found anything so specific as a piece of real estate that was, at the time, undeveloped, and where between us and our neighbors we could be the pioneers for a part of a country. And indeed, in the coming posts you'll see that it will be exactly that.

So that's tonights post everyone...

to be continued....