Wet Moss Hiking video
While hiking in Portland we came across some cool wet moss. I had to take a video of it to be “artsy”.
Hiking In Portland
Just after I left Portland, I received a call from Sara to let me know that Moby has passed away. This video goes out to the memory of Moby.
Yi Trying to Sleep Video
All the time while Yi is trying to fall asleep, I try to ask him if he is asleep. I think it is hilarious.
Bears Vs. Seattle Seahawks Video
While I was in Portland we found out that the Chicago Bears were going to be playing against the Seattle Seahawks. Seattle is only a few hours from Portland so Carrie, Sara, Bahar, & I decided to go show some support for the Chicago Bears. So we found tickets, drove up to Seattle and had an awesome time.
All the fans in Seattle were crazy. Everywhere we went the fan heckled you, but that didn’t work because we won! Which is one of the few wins that the Chicago Bears had in the 2009 season.
Netty Pot Video/February 2010 Update
Just a short & quick update for February 2010. All the tumors are stable!! One grew about 5%, but that is still considered stable!! WOO HOO!! Keep up your Prayers! Thank you Jesus!
Dad’s Retirement Appreciation Luncheon
In December of ’09 my Dad invited me to fly down to Kansas City and attend his retirement appreciation luncheon. I’m very proud of my Dad for working over 40 plus years! He has done a lot and has had a lot of ups and downs. However he did it successfully while raising me and taking care of my mom. Read more
Last Day in Costa Rica
Our last day consisted of a nice relaxing day. We traveled to a town called Buena Vista which is in the mountains/volcanoes. We went to a area of natural hot springs. Thad and Severus found a wild Boar and decided to pet it. Then every else had to do it too. Funny wild Boar really enjoyed it.We took advance of the natural surroundings and took a tractor ride to the springs.
While at the springs we applied mud all over our bodies. When you are at the springs you shower of the mud with cold water, then you bath into 2 different hot pools. Sorry, I forgot to warn you about some of the pictures. Some of them maybe too sexy for you to handle.
We enjoyed the time so much we all contributed $30 total for each of us to receive a 20min massage from a blind woman.(not at the same time)
After the hot springs we went to happy hour to one of Thad & Jodi’s favorite places because the view was so beautiful. Then we took a small hike down to the beach while the sun was going down. Then, this happened:
Secret Beach in Costa Rica
One day we wanted to have a beach day. Thad & Jodi knew of a beach called the “secret beach”. Basically no one really walks to it because it is a good hike up and down some hills.
So Jodi & Bahar decided to walk from the house to the secret beach.
Thad & I drove the car to the beach because we had all the equipment for food and water. It was still a good hike for us with our equipment.
We set up camp and had some cactus and some left over food of the Mahi Mahi that we caught.
This was one of my favorite places to go because there was NO ONE on the beach and there was NO trash on the beach too. There were a ton of hermit crabs everywhere! I had a good time catching them plus I went on my own little adventures on the volcanic rocks that were on the shore. I was just walking around on the rocks and trying to catch crabs to eat, but that didn’t work out.
Thad driving us in Costa Rica from nickschmidt on Vimeo.
Costa Rica Deep Sea Fishing
While we were walking on the beach we met one of the chef’s at the Four Season hotel. He owned a boat and had a mate & captain that could take us out for some deep sea fishing.
He would provide food, drinks, bait, and equipment for everyone. He even smoke of the meat if we wanted.
The next morning we met the chef, the captain, & mate at the beach and took the boat out for a 5 hour fishing battle. We drove the boat North close to the Nicaragua border in a town called Murcielago. We fished just off the No name Mountains.
The water was blue as can be, the water was a little ruff, and it was awesome to see the water crashing against the mountains. However some people didn’t like the ride that much.
Everyone on the boat was sea sick, but Thad & I. We had a great time fishing, but we made Jodi & Bahar get up and move around to stop the sea sickness. (No I don’t have any video of people throwing up.)
We caught a total of 10 Mahi Mahi!!! Bahar, Jodi, Thad & I were the only people that fished. As you can see in the picture we enjoyed our catch. Plus we didn’t have enough hands to hold up all the fish, 2 of the fish are in the cooler behind us.
It was an amazing time. We saw dolphins and turtles. We hoped to see a Whale shark, but this time we didn’t see any.
After we got on land, a local person filleted all our meat for us and he kept 3 of the little fish for his labor payment. We probably took back to Thad’s house about 30+lbs of Mahi Mahi.
And of course we ate it for days!!
Deep Sea Fishing in Costa Rica from nickschmidt on Vimeo.
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