So I know I can’t complain about living in the San Francisco bay area! But even though we don’t get snow, and rarely even need to scrape ice off our windshields, winter can still be wet and (for us at least!) relatively cold!

And yes, I know we need the rain, but when it’s coming down as hard as it was today, my mind tends to turn to travel… Somehow an afternoon downpour, viewed from the porch of a jungle lodge in Costa Rica, or a beachfront bungalow in Belize, is SO much easier to take than from behind the wheel on a slick four lane highway.

So, time to break out the maps and travel brochures, and start planning a trip to more hospitable climes… Any good recommendations?