Utah to Costa Rica Road Trip - Our adventures in driving from Utah to Costa Rica

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Utah to Costa Rica Road Trip

Our adventures in driving from Utah to Costa Rica

I've created this travelogue so that we can share with you our adventures as we drive from Utah to Costa Rica where we plan to live for 6 months or more. We are excited for this very new adventure for Greg and I and our four children (ages 4, 3, 22 months and 2 months)and Greg's brother, Kevin. We thought that it might be interesting for others to read about our experiences, good and bad, as we take on this exciting challenge. We hope you enjoy!

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Flagstaff, AZ to Tucson, AZ

We began the day in Flagstaff (we stayed in the Best Western Kings House- 1560 E Route 66- it was right next to the train tracks, and a train went by every 1/2 hour, blowing it's whistle. I was up until 2:00 a.m. anyway working on my blog.) Sleeping arrangements are fun, usually musical beds. Greg and me together; Kevin and Greg; Aaliyah, Kyah and me; Greg, Kimball, Aaliyah and me- whatever works. Flagstaff was COLD- 38 degrees (we went south for warmer weather!) so we left as soon as we could.

During our drive time we love to listen to "Input" as we call it- books on CD (or MP3 in our case). This time we were listening to Napoleon Hill's "The Science of Personal Achievement", a fantastic talk by Napolean Hill himself. I highly recommend it. Our philosophy is "Input determines Output," meaning that whatever you put into your mind, and/or body, determines what you get out, of yourself, out of life, etc. The more positive you put in, the more positive you get out. It is the key to success in life.

We ate lunch in Phoenix at Bajio and Keva Juice (they make GREAT smoothies) located at 2501 Happy Valley Rd. We had a nice little picnic on the rocks.

We arrived in Tucson late afternoon, a little flustered because everyone was ready to get out of car. We picked the La Quinta Inn to stay in on Starr Pass Rd. because it had a pool AND hot tub, laundry services and high-speed wireless internet (Motel 6 and Howard Johnson only had dial-up- who only has dial-up still???). La Quinta is great- we have a fenced in "backyard" where the kids can play that is connected right to the pool.

We spent the evening swimming, then headed across the street to The Waffle House, a little dive that reminded me of something from a Rocky movie, but had great food.

Livin' the Dream, Baby!