Plymouth, MA: A Drastic Change In Temperature!

Earlier this month we spent ten great days in Plymouth, Massachusetts with our good friends the Martins. We went from 90+ degree weather to snow and we LOVED IT!!!!! We spent a night in Boston where we visted the Museum of Fine Arts (with the freaky giant baby head) and saw a few historical sites on the Freedom Trail. Then we spent the rest of the time in Plymouth where we played in the snow, watched movies, played video games, watched an awesome fashion show put on by Sidne and Andi, listened to Ned perfect his rendition of Miley Cyrus' Fly on the Wall on Disney Wii Sing, tried unsuccessfully to remove the word "crap" from Leif's vocabulary, celebrated Garin's 41st birthday and ate very, very well. Has anyone ever heard of a Whoopie Pie? A delicious New England treat. Google it.

When we returned to Miramar around midnight on the 22nd of February the temperature was in the mid 80's AT MIDNIGHT!

A huge THANK YOU to the Martins for such great hospitality and a fabulous time (as always). We are looking forward to showing you guys a great time in Costa Rica in April! We're counting the days!

Playa Grande Feb '10 (116 photos), by Laura Birt

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In the beginning of February, we spent three days and two nights in the Guanacaste Province. I think we had driven through a part of this province on our way back from the volcano Arenal, but this was our first time actually staying in the Province. Guanacaste has a reputation for being very dry and hot during the dry season and having gorgeous beaches. We can attest to the truth of that reputation. It was HOT and DRY and Playa Grande was GORGEOUS. We also had the awesome opportunity to watch a giant leatherback turtle (the size of your average dining room table) lay eggs on the beach one night. We were all pretty impressed. My mother asked me if my kids realize how unique that experience was. I think Sidne may have an inkling, but I'm not sure 7-year-olds think that way. I think that as far as Leif is concerned, anything that happens to him is normal, average life. He actually told someone that the highlight of our trip to Playa Grande was catching hermit crabs! Unfortunately you are not allowed to photograph the turtles laying their eggs as this might frighten them. Because the number of turtles returning to this beach to lay its eggs is rapidly declining, they don't want to do anything to prevent what few turtles there are from laying their eggs.

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-Laurie