Author Archives: Jim@HiTek

Even more from Tucson…

It’s now March ’23 in blog time and I was still in Tucson. And on March 2nd, I woke up in the morning to…

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Winter in Tucson…

Those that are aware of my eye trouble know I was granted the right to save my eye by the VA, perhaps because they know that *something* happened during my last surgery at the Tucson VA Hospital that could have … Continue reading

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Hanging around Pahrump…

Let’s back up a smidge to the trip from Tonopah to Pahrump…and it’s 2023 now in article time. Here’s what the road and valleys looked like as I neared Tonopah. I had left the snow free Winnemucca area and the … Continue reading

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Back in the USA…

Flew back into Sea-Tac airport in Seattle arriving late…around 5:30 or so. Since I didn’t have any luggage to pick up, I was outside waiting for my brother shortly after. As I said last blog post, he picked me up and … Continue reading

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Last of Costa Rica trip…

Didn’t get many readers for the last post so I guess Costa Rica is boring everyone…but I have all this material stored up! Okay, compromise, I’ll keep this last post about CR short and won’t post as many pictures this … Continue reading

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Entered December in Costa Rica…

So the last post finished off November and here we are in December, still in El Coco, Costa Rica. A few days in I’m just hanging around, going into town basically every day, enjoying the heat and the slight letup … Continue reading

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Settled in at El Coco Playa…

Enjoying the weather with daily trips to the beach took some of the sting out of having had my credit card info stolen and multiple bogus charges applied… I called my bank and asked point blank how much time I … Continue reading

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More fun in Costa Rica…

Settled in at Del Coco Playa and roaming around the town was fun… of course I’m an old hand at traveling and adjusting to local conditions but what I found here in CR, near the jungle, was that the weather … Continue reading

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All the way to Costa Rica!

Eventually, after spending hours and hours researching the upcoming weather in Nov. and Dec. of 2022, I decided to head to Seattle on Nov. 8th in preparation of my flight to Costa Rica. I had already bought and paid for … Continue reading

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Update to 2022

I haven’t posted since October, but I’m still kicking. Some of the things I’ve done is fly to Costa Rica and spend a month there. It’s very difficult to edit or create a blog post outside the country or on a … Continue reading

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