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Month: August 2017

Posted onAugust 29, 2017

Day 9 & 10: What I’m Proving

I want to capture the rest of my day, Sunday, at Hotel La Rana, near Arenal. I spent the rest of the afternoon walking with…

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Posted onAugust 27, 2017

Day 9. Time

I wake slowly in the morning. My wrist-watch says 8:00, but I know I have crossed a time zone, and it is only seven. I…

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Posted onAugust 27, 2017

Day 8. To Make One Cry

I am up at seven, taking down my tent, and repacking my car. While I am in the middle of repacking, the tent down, Alexander…

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Posted onAugust 26, 2017

Day 7. Gathering Events

I begin the day slowly in part because breakfast at the hotel isn’t ready until ten and in part because I am reluctant to leave.…

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Posted onAugust 26, 2017

Day 6: Life Snaps Back

I am tight in my stomach when I get up this morning. J&D have their car, but I have to return to the Aduana in…

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Posted onAugust 24, 2017

Oops Day 6–who would have thought?: Noah’s Arc

I think this will be a short entry. Today was not a good day, and I may have trouble finding any humor in it. Even…

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Posted onAugust 23, 2017

Day 5: There Is Always a Story

At breakfast, Jeff, Doria, and I discussed the possibilities and what motivations may have lain behind them. Jeff and Doria are serious Christians, and I’m…

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Posted onAugust 22, 2017

Day Four: Don’t Drive to Panama

Yes, I’m still in Panama. Trapped. With luck, I’ll get out tomorrow, but I won’t be surprised by another curve. At least I have a…

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Posted onAugust 21, 2017

Day 2 A Dry Run

Let’s call Day 2 a dry run. It went badly but ended well—well, sort of, if you are the kind of person who can find…

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Posted onAugust 20, 2017

Day 1 Venao a New Jersey

The first day on my trip back to the states was an adventure, not of the Daniel Boone type, but of the oh-oh, I should…

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