Zburb Update

There have been some recent changes in The Burbs life since we set foot in Costa Rica. First off, we lost almost all the gears forcing us to have the transmission rebuilt. There is only one guy in our area that works on automatic transmissions, so therefore he was the man for the job. In true Costa Rican fashion, the tranny lasted about 1 month before we had to take it back in for a minor tune up. It has since been back for a couple other “tune-ups” in the recent weeks. We had the brakes done and following the brake job The Burb wouldn't stop at all. Gotta love Tico mechanics! After getting them repaired at a DIFFERENT mechanic they appear to be good to go, but lets keep our fingers crossed!

Additionally, The Burb had to spend a week in impound due to the fact that Chad forgot the temporary vehicle importation paperwork on his drive up to Liberia for his flight back for Christy and Tyson's wedding. We were thinking that we would be lucky if the Burb was anywhere to be found when we returned from the States. Thankfully The Burb was in the impound yard when we returned, but none of the “officials” knew their heads from the asses (Chad's exact quote), so after two days of hassling with officials Chad proceeded to steal The Burb out of the impound yard in order to avoid hefty pay-off “fees”. Thankfully the Costa Rican government doesn't have an advanced enough system to keep track of impounded vehicles, so we have been free and clear to date!

The most important change in The Burb's life is its recent transformation from The Burb to Zburb. The Burb was blessed to have the famous graphic designer “Nicole Rowe” work on her exterior paint job. She was transformed into what we now call Zburb due to the incredibly artsy looking zebra stripes that were drawn and painted on her lower half. She is quite the beauty now and receives compliments and stars of admiration on a daily basis. Thanks Nicole!

I am sad to report that at the time of this posting Zburb is back in the shop for one of her routine “tune-ups”. We hope to see her back in Esterillos within the next day or two, but once again we are in Ticoville which means we are on Tico Time.