Ridgefield Costa Rica 2011

Friday, April 22, 2011

It was a perfect night. We had the stage set and the curtains opened and it started with the locals doing 5 different performaces for us. "They are SO CUTE!" (I think I heard the phrase 500 times from the Ridgefield girls talking about the little kids dancing). Emily did score a goal yesterday and Touchdown-Tyler was able to play "real-football" somebody said.

When the locals finished their dances it was time for Simon, Paul Abdul, and Steven Tyler who were the judges. It was an excellent show and I could not believe how the kids learned merengue and salsa in just 2 days. The winner though was Max and Avesh who did a Michael Jackson skit and stole show.

We are eating breakfast now and off to the river. National Geographic has this river listed as one of the top 5 scenic rivers on the planet. The name is Pacuare River and we will be on it for 18 miles and be posting when we get off the river. Enjoy your day!

Thursday, April 21, 2011

The Game

The game went great and it just turned into a huge water balloon fight which was fine. We are now back in the homes getting cleaned up for the big party tonight. The village has prepared some dances and quite the show for us and it is going to be a blast. We are also doing a talent show so it should be interesting. I will keep you posted and enjoy the video:

Soccer Game...

The soccer game will start in a few minutes and it is going to be Ridgefield vs. Costa Rica. These kids from Costa Rica were scoring goals before they could walk so Ridgefield better bring their "A" game.

Everything has gone great and all seem to really enjoy the homestays which is always the best part of the trip. Stay tuned and I will be posting a video of the blog. Thanks so much for following the comments are great. PURA VIDA!

Less Greenhouse Gas as of Today

Everything went great this morning and since the kids are on Spring Break we did not visit a school but we went with many kids from the community to take part in an eco-project we have going on here in the village. We educate the kids on the 350ppm (parts per million) and how trees can help us get to that mark. At the present moment we are at 380ppm which is above where we need to be but that is what the Ridgefield kids set out to fix on their morning of planting trees and learning about the greenhouse gases in the atmosphere and how it is measured and ways to control it.

If your interested in more about this you can read about it in a blog post we have on our site CLICK HERE.