I agree, it is very humid there. Word is, it's practically a rainforest! I didn't really know it got so cold there in the winter though. :) I love that you have a woodstove. Combination of woodstove and solar would be my dream -- husband's parents have an awesome earthsheltered house that is passive solar and heated by woodstove, that they designed and built in the 80s. Very very cool. No such luck here in the suburbs. :) We keep our house at around 63 on the living floor and let the upstairs do what it wants -- but we use electric blankets which rule!!

We are looking forward to PR. Don't really know what we are going to do except enjoy ourselves. Re the weather it seems to be in the 80s where we are going and we can't really wrap our minds around it. :D We've been to Brazil and El Salvador before, so this will be our third tropical experience. But it has just been chilly this year so it's hard to change the mindset.