KipLarsen
Introduction
My wife and I live on 5 acres in northern California. We have horses, dogs, cats, and we raise chickens and beef cattle for our own consumption. We want to retire in Costa Rica within the next 12 - 18 months.
I joined expat.com on 03 May 2013.
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KipLarsenposted on the thread Handling uncertainty of visa expiration date
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KipLarsenposted on the thread Handling uncertainty of visa expiration date
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KipLarsenposted on the thread HELP!!! Need good moving company from US to Costa Rica.
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KipLarsenposted on the thread Work in Costa Rica
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KipLarsenposted on the thread ******Planning on moving to costa rica few questions ******HELP :)))
Expat experience
My wife, Margaret and I moved into this house a few months before we were married in 1999. We have cared for four horses, had a herd of goats for a few years that we sold for meat, we raise our own chickens for meat and eggs, and one or two beef cattle for our beef.
I am born and raised in Northern California. Our 5 acre property sits near the top of a small hill in the foothills of the Vaca Mountains, a small mountain range on the western edge of California's Central Valley. We can see the Sierra Mountains across the valley to the east and have fantastic sunrises and sunsets. The summers are hot and dry. We get about 25 inches of rain in an average year, the majority of which falls from mid December to mid April. We are 90 minutes from the ocean, 30 minutes from one of the largest lakes in California, 30 minutes from the California Delta, 2.5 hours from snow skiing resorts in the Sierra Nevada mountains. There are dozens of rivers and streams to fish all within 30 minutes to a couple of hours away.
Vacaville used to be a small town but now has a population pushing 100,000 and is becoming more of a "city" than a "town". I am not fond of the COLD RAINY winters. Even though our winters are mild by the standards of many - it has snowed only twice in the 14 years we have lived here and when it does it doesn't stay on the ground long if at all. But I just don't like the COLD!! I don't like it when the daytime temperature doesn't get over 60.
