Taking a trip on a spur of the moment

Hallee and I had escaped Chicago’s cold winter the first day it reached into the 20’s in mid November. We are now in our Puerto Rico paradise. Two weeks ago while having breakfast at our favorite spot Kamoli, we sat next to two young girls. Hallee struck up a conversation and learned they were from Columbia. “Let’s go” my adventurous wife stated. We found a travel agent through friends and arranged a meeting. However, upon traveling to her office, she professed to know nothing about Columbia. I am going to a seminar next week and will know more then, but how about another location. We had always wanted to go to Machu Picchu so that became our destination. Keep in mind we are able to act quick. We decided to take the trip on a Thursday, met the travel agent on Monday and left the following Tuesday. Our trip was to take us from San Juan, PR to Panama City, Panama for a couple of days, then to Cusco, Peru, the sacred valley, Machu Picchu, and then to Lima. The following entries will relive our trip as we are now back in the Isle of Enchantment, our paradise of sun and ocean.