To do, in just 42 days.

• Check out a coffee plantation. Is it odd that I associate this fascination with my obsession of wine country? Perhaps it's the gardener in me. Maybe it's the whole "plant to cup" aspect.
•  Zip-line the rainforest canopies. I cannot possibly go to Central America and not experience such an adventure. If you know me, I'll be the first to jump.
•  Hike the cloud forests in Monteverde. Word is, this includes a suspension bridge that puts Indiana Jones to shame.
•  Pass out under a coconut tree after too many Mai Tais. Pass the SPF 100, please!
• Snorkel on the coral reef. I've never done this. Yes, I know it's typical. I just kinda want to see an eel poke it's head out of a rock.
• Attempt to surf. Tamarindo's specialty.
• Rent a utility vehicle to travel the back-roads of Costa Rica to Arenal Volcano. If you watch long enough, hot lava still flows.
• Admire the nightly hatching of the leatherback sea turtles on the beaches. 

Only a short time away, and it can't come soon enough. What a long, mild winter this has been.