See The World

We have been discussing our next vacation for many months.  First, it was going to be St. Augustine, Florida, with a jaunt over to Orlando for the updated Wizarding World of Harry Potter.  Then, we changed our minds. 

 

We own a timeshare in Mexico and have several properties from which to make our selection.  We were considering Cabo San Lucas, then Mazatlan or Acapulco.  Chris decided it was unsafe in Mexico because of the brutality of the drug cartels.

 

Now, we are on Puerto Rico.  We have been researching the beaches, Old San Juan, rain forest reserves, activities, flights (using our credit card points) and accommodations with airbnb.  It's been both fun and mind-boggling.  So many things to consider:  flight days and times, staying at the beach or in the city, or mixing it up with a few nites in both, looking at all of the available housing options, deciding which side of the island might have the best beach(es) for us.  Whew!  I'm gonna need a vacation after all of this planning!

 

We also had the chance to attend a travel talk this past Sunday with the husband of one of the Fit Chick instructors with whom I worked over the summer.  They have traveled internationally on a limited budget and were sharing some tips and tricks.  While there weren't many in attendance, everyone brought a little information to share with the group.

 

Our wanderlust was further stoked!!

 

We have both been online, separately and side-by-side, getting ourselves more informed.  We are checking out Google maps and expanding our accommodation search to meet the needs of the sightseeing and exploring we have in mind.  Chris found out that rainy season begins in May (we had been looking for May 16th - 23rd).  Back to the drawing board I went for flights and we might go the last week of April instead.

 

We have also been discussing cutting the bow lines of Denver sooner than we may have thought.  While we are enjoying Denver and Colorado, we don't see ourselves settling down and buying a home here.  The City is just too darn expensive and we aren't that interested in the suburbs.  We are going to get a different apartment (August), which we hope to be cheaper than the current one and maybe smaller.  We will continue to see if there are jobs that fulfill us here, but we may expand to other states as it gets closer to the next lease end date.  So, we need to be focused on experiencing the places around the state that are on our list, like: Garden of the Gods, some of the hot springs, more of the mountains in the fall.

 

Much is up in the air and we are going to live for the joy, the adventure, the fun we make along the way.  I just have a strong feeling we won't be living a decade in Colorado, as I had thought. 

 

Ah, well, as the saying goes: "Breaking Hearts and Rolling Outta Town!"