That time of year. . .

When we are not completely booked, and that means. . . more work for everyone.

In September and October, we close down one tree house for a week and sand/strip/varnish the bugger for the upcoming year.

September and October are the only two months when we are not completely full, hence this is when we do the hard work.

We got a chuckle out of an online newspaper two days ago that said this is the time to come to Costa Rica and bargain for a great price on a hotel room, as most places are laying folks off.

That is true for a lot of hotels in the country (especially this region), though not so for us.

Here, we are having folks work more hours to refurbish the tree houses, and we're still at 60 percent occupancy (fully booked from early November through the first part of September) and we are running around like crazy. It's the time of year when we recharge the fire extinguishers, polish up the grounds and get everything ready for the soon-to-come influx of folks coming to visit us.