• Dave Matthews (most/all albums that we have)
• They Might Be Giants (most/all albums that we have)
• Elvis Costello (most/all albums that we have)
• 10,000 Maniacs  – In my Tribe (album)
• Squeeze – Singles – 45′s and Under (album)
• Paul Simon – Graceland
• Suspicious minds – Elvis
• Little less Conversation – Elvis
• Alive – Pearl Jam
• Pictures of you  – The Cure
• Let’s Go to Bed – The Cure
• Hit the Road, Jack- Percy Mayfield
• On the Road Again- Willie Nelson
• Drive My Car- The Beatles
• Start Me Up- Rolling Stones
• Already Gone- The Eagles
• Fast Car- Tracy Chapman
• Life Is a Highway- Rascal Flatts or Tom Cochrane
• Ramblin’ Man- The Allman Brothers
• Little Red Corvette by Prince
• Me and Bobby McGee by Janis Joplin
• Roam – B52s
• Born to Run – Bruce Springsteen
• Rosalita – Bruce Springsteen
• Cadillac -  Bruce Springsteen
• No Particular Place to Go by Chuck Berry
• Truckin’ by The Grateful Dead
• Driving My Life Away – Rhett Akin’s or Eddie Rabbit
• Country Road – John Denver
• Little Deuce Coupe – Beach Boys
• California Dreamin – The Mamas & the Papas or Beach Boys
• Young Americans- David Bowie
• Tiny Dancer  -  Elton John
• Benny and the Jetts – Elton John
• Maggie May by Rod Stewart
• Horse with No Name  – America
• San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Some Flowers In Your Hair) – The Mamas & the Papas
• Joy to the World – Three Dog Night
• Cherry Bomb -  John Cougar Mellencamp
• Little Pink Houses  – John Cougar Mellencamp
• Goin’ Down the Road Feeling Bad – Grateful Dead
• One Less Set Of Footsteps  – Jim Croce
• Take the Long Way Home – Supertramp
• Landslide – Smashing Pumpkins/Dixie Chicks/Stevie Nicks
• Crash Into Me – Dave Matthews Band
• You’re my home – Billy Joel
• Round Here, Counting Crows
• Long December, Counting Crows
• Mr. Jones, Counting Crows
• Satellite, Dave Matthews Band
• Red Red Wine, UB40
• Wonderful World, Louis Armstrong
• Everyday, Dave Matthews Band
• These Are the Days, 10,000 Maniacs
• Ants Marching, Dave Matthews Band
• Best of What’s Around, Dave Matthews Band
• American Girl, Tom Petty
• The Gambler, Kenny Rogers
• Glory Days, Bruce Springsteen
• Blister in the Sun, Violent Femmes
• The Dock Of The Bay, Otis Redding
• I Can’t Get No Satisfaction, Rolling Stones
• Jailhouse Rock, Elvis Presley
• Bohemian Rhapsody, Queen
• Good Vibrations, Beach Boys
• Imagine, John Lennon
• Let’s Stay Together, Al Green
• Hotel California, The Eagles
• I Can See For Miles, The Who
• Take It Easy, The Eagles
• Running on Empty, Jackson Browne
• Road Trippin’, Red Hot Chili Peppers
• Vacation, the Go Gos
• Closer to Fine – Indigo Girls
• Let the Good Times Roll – The Cars
• Always Something There to Remind Me, Naked Eyes
• Take Me to the River – Talking Heads
• Once in a Lifetime – Talking Heads
• Driving My Life Away – Rhett Akins or Eddie Rabbit
• Sing, Sing, Sing – Benny Goodman and his Orchestra
• Love Shack – B-52s
• Country Road – John Denver
• Freebird – Lynyrd Skynyrd
• Sultans of Swing: The Very Best of Dire Straits (album)
• Bruce Springsteen Thunder Road, Born in the USA
• Everyday Is a Winding Road – Sheryl Crow
• A Beautiful Day – U2
• Paul Simon – Graceland (album)
• Tom Petty- Free Falling
• Sailing to Philadelphia – Mark Knopfler (album)
• Albequerque – “Weird” Al Yankovich
• King of the Road – Roger Miller

But a wanderlust has been haunting our house for months (maybe years).  It’s not a scary haunt; more like a friendly, “I saw it on the landing, waving at me” kind of poltergeist.  You know it won’t hurt you, but it gives you butterflies in your stomach, nonetheless.  Because you know your partner just might take the bait.

Mo or I will often tease the other: “Let’s move to Idaho and eat what we grow”.  (A friend once used this exact phrase to describe his frustration with life.)  We laugh every time we say it , but deep down we know there’s something to it.  We’ve “fed the beast” with a trip to Disney here, a camping trip there.  But it wants more … it always wants more.

When Maureen began researching travel books on Costa Rica, I knew immediate action was necessary.

“Let’s take a month off,” I said.  The look in her eyes said (as the movie quote goes): “You had me at ‘hello’”.

So here we go…