04. April 2016

I want to share a link to my personal blog with some of my photos from the trip. A lot of the photos have not been shared on this site so they are new! www.athorntonphoto.com/blog I've also included some screen shots of our trip based on the GPS on my camera. I think these are always so fun to look at.

25. March 2016

All of us students and chaperones are sad to see the trip come to an end. It has been an amazing trip. Today was one of my favorite days of the trip. We visited a Poás volcano and also got to taste freshly grown strawberries that were grown locally on the side of the volcano. I love strawberries! At home I even have my own little strawberry garden. We had the opportunity to purchase a cup of strawberries with either chocolate or sweetened condensed milk poured on top. At lunch we were treated...

18. March 2016

We made it to Nicaragua, all of us, safe and sound! We are all in good spirits with a little bit of travel fatigue. They day started early for all of us as we woke up to a snow storm in Colorado. Our world would sure look different by the end of the day with temperatures in the 90's with lots of humidity. We had a short delay departing Denver, but we had plenty of time in Dallas to make our connection and grab a bight to eat before our flight to Managua. After landing in Managua we were treated...

05. March 2016

We are now under two weeks to go for our trip to Nicaragua and Costa Rica and the excitement is growing. Students have count downs and love to tell us teachers how many days are left before we depart. Many students have even started packing for their trip!