Costa Rica – September 2021

Took a short trip (1 week ) to our favorite vacation spot. This is my 17th time to CR and always, even with adversity, is a pleasure to visit.

The trip did have it’s concerns as the waves were reported to be up to triple overhead. That’s a bit too much for this gentleman surfer in his early 60’s. This had me shift my mind-set to not having to surf if things were a bit too dangerous. It’s funny how physiology places such a large role in our happiness end even safety. For instance, my first opportunity to surf, I did paddle out, did not get hurt but found my breathing after getting tumbled to be much higher then usual. This is simply based on the deep seated concerns when in a foreign country, paddling out into large wave conditions. If I could have been more relaxed, my breath would of allowed a longer time before that feeling of being uncomfortable would have surfaced.