SEQUIM — Mike and Chris Barton will present “Coast to Coast in Costa Rica” at 7 p.m. Thursday.
The Traveler’s Journal program will be in the Dungeness River Nature Center, 2099 W. Hendrickson Road, Sequim.
The door will open at 6:30 p.m.
The cost is a suggested donation of $5.
“Costa Rica is a remarkable society of fellow humans that has embraced its natural environment as its legacy,” said Mike Barton.
“Those who reside in such a paradise do not have to be convinced of the impossibility of survival outside of nature.”
Costa Rica has designated more than 25 percent of its domain for conservation, Barton said.
He and his wife, Chris, participated in a 14-day tour of Costa Rica sponsored by Oregon State University, where they received graduate degrees in fisheries and oceanography.
He participated in the development of programs of international study in Mexico and Southeast Asia, while Chris initiated a program of study that took students to the jungles of Ecuador and to the Galapagos Islands, he said.
Upon retirement, the couple started a tradition of one major expedition each year. So far, this has included a trip through the Grand Canyon, travels in western Cuba, the Cornish coast of England, and, most recently, Costa Rica.
Traveler’s Journal, a presentation of the Peninsula Trails Coalition, raises funds to buy project supplies and food for volunteers working on Olympic Discovery Trail projects.
Each show is at the Dungeness River Nature Center.
To protect speakers and others, attendees must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to attend the presentations; have vaccination cards available at the door.
For more information, email Arvo Johnson at amjcgj@gmail.com.
