IT WAS A REALLY GOOD YEAR!

2020 was really a good year for us. 

 

 

 

Although I was stranded in Germany for almost 6 months, I had a wonderful time, renewed old friendships and fostered new ones; formed a new band; created new music and earned money in a time when so many things seemed impossible.

        

Except for Rey's horseback riding tours, the New Years holiday was pleasantly quite for us. We started our day by walking the dogs before greeting our first clients at the crocodile monument where we usually take our first photos.

  

The tour is really exciting as we ride up to El Eden, the famous site of the filming of  the Predator movie starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. We ride through swarms of butterflies, banana trees that seem to touch the sky, magnificent palms, giant aloe and jungle vegetation that you normally only see in pictures and movies.

  

Our one year old puppy Melania makes the trip no matter how many times in the day Rey tours. She's as agile and graceful as a panther. Although she is a domesticated animal, she has all the attributes of a wild wolf sprinting about 32 mph and defying the current as she seems to skip through the deep rushing waters of the river. The guests are always delighted to meet her and experience her on the trip. 

 

 

 

New Years Eve we had two tours with 10 satisfied clients who gave Rey 5 star reviews except for one dysfunctional woman who in the style of Barbeque Becky maliciously ruined our perfect 5 star streak. After coming 1 ½ hours late for her scheduled tour, Dysfunctional Debbie (“DD”) declared that she has a “blended family” - “my son”, “his daughter” and forced them to wear masks during the entire tour although they were riding horses with 15 to 30 feet between each of them.

When they got to the final destination, a beautiful restaurant on the side of the water fall where Arnold Schwarzenegger filmed the Predator back when he still had muscles, DD and her family suddenly started dumping food and drinks from their back packs on their specially reserved table located on a rock 8 feet above the dinning area to insure their safety from COVID-19. It was like watching the Beverly Hillbilly's do an episode of Be'Be's kids. Even when Rey´s friend (the restaurant owner) scolded him about their behavior, Dysfunctional Debbie defiantly continued eating her sandwich saying she thought “no one could see her”. She exemplified the “ugly American” and made it clear why Gringo is not an endearing term.

Her family, totally embarrassed by her obsessive determination to act ghetto finally convinced her to put the food away and order something from the menu, inspiring the next Beverly Hillbilly's episode with Dysfunctional Debbie and her son loudly slurping down food in a way that would gross out even the most insensitive person. I didn't even know you could slurp dry food.

When the circus was finally over, Rey returned the happy, satisfied family to the stables where they said cheerful and giggly goodbyes, only to be confronted with a one star review and fabricated complaints about the tour from DD.

Initially we were both shocked and angry at this woman who maliciously and for no reason single handily ruined our perfect 5 star record. However, realizing how sad and insecure Dysfunctional Debbie actually is helped us overcome the desire to acquaint her with the real ghetto and school her on the “social distancing” she's created between her and her own family. Rey did, however, bless her with some clarity that should making reading his response to her review fun for our future clients.

After the tour, which was the second that day we were much too exhausted to prepare dinner so we treated ourselves to a wonderful evening at one of our favorite restaurants. COVID-19 has kept the multitude from dining out so right now the restaurant experience is even better than usual because the chef's and waiters take extra special care of the few clients who dare to go out.

New Years day was just as busy with two more horse tours up to El Eden. But no rest for the weary until Monday. Horseback riding lends itself naturally to social distancing, and we were happy to bring our guests into the New Year with a healthy outdoor sport.

  

  

I learned many things in 2020, the most important being you manifest everything that you experience. I have learned to use my words consciously and wisely. We're on a flight to success on every level. We're living in paradise. We wake up in the morning and thank the universe for showering us with its abundance that we are attracting all the time. We're surrounded by people with good energy, good intentions and lots of love wherever we are in the world.

We hope that the new year will bring you an abundance of love, health and wealth and all things that make you happy!