Back in the day Landon and I started a business together...and we immediately brought Adam onboard because he was a smart and hardworking and hilarious asskicker.  

We were all having a conversation about needing to get something done and Adam said, "That shit is cluuuuutch."

I'd never heard anyone say that before...and I instantly stole it...so for years afterward we said it allllll the time.

Every time I think of Adam I can still hear him saying "cluuuuuutch".

He was a Roman Candle of a man...just so unique and wildly on fire...and I'll never forget the way he made me laugh and feel truly fucking alive.

My wife Pam and I were travelling around Canada and The US. We had stopped into an airstream dealership in Northern California and met Adam randomly in the accessory section. We got talking and instantly just cracking jokes and sharing our life stories with each other. 

After an hour of talking  he invited us to come check out his farm. It was such a sweet gesture we took him up on it.  At the time they only had X, but his living family were so amazing. They opened their home to us like we had been friends for decades. 

One of most memorable nights was laying out on the giant platform watching shooting stars fly across the sky. 

Words can’t describe what our brief interactions meant to us. We will always be in debt to you and your beautiful family Adam. 

Five years ago, new neighbors moved in next door to us in Playa Avellanas. Where we live is very remote, and neighbors are few and (literally) far between. Very tight-knit bonds and lasting relationships are inevitably formed, as we all rely heavily on each other through all the ups and downs of rural jungle life in a developing country.

Immediately upon meeting Adam, Megan and Xavier (Ravi wasn’t in the picture yet), we felt a deep and loving connection to them. One that we knew would last a lifetime. Soon, Adam and Megan became two of our very favorite people in our lives. We could see our future laid out, hopefully living near them somehow, long into our elder years. It’s something Scott and I talked about frequently, even after we all moved back to the States. We didn’t *really* want to move back to CR, and I don’t think the Rays did either, but we always would check in with one another, and ask… “are you guys moving back? Because if you will we will…” We ultimately just wanted to be near them.

Megan and Adam’s connection was one I’d never seen. The love, tenderness and kindness they had for one another is something that I’ve never witnessed. Their love ran so deep and being with them felt like you were a part of something so special. They truly had figured it all out.

Just like I’d never known a connection like theirs, I’d never really met anyone like Adam. He was charismatic, funny, gentle, loving, charming, smart and the most amazing friend. I took for granted that his was a friendship we would have forever and ever.

Adam’s passing has left behind such a wake of sadness. He touched so many lives and will be missed forever. I send all the love I have in my broken heart to beautiful Megan, their sweet babies, his family and the many people who loved him. 

I don't think there is a day from 7th grade to my early 20's that Adam wasn't a part of my life. I remember when i used to sneak out to head over to Rainbow Ranch thinking i was so smart and there was no way my parents would catch me, as he was either revving the quad outside my house or driving the big green truck you could hear a mile away.  God, we were so reckless.   I can still smell that big green truck and hear Tupac playing now.

He had such a great way of making you feel loved and making you mad, all at the same time. 

We have been distant for years now but i have followed his life here and there and i was always happy he found love and happiness.  My heart breaks for the entire Ray family. 

Adam, I will miss you. 

I loved Adam.  I am so sad he is gone.  I want so bad for it not to be true. I see these pictures of him and i just want to see him again in person, and then I can't help but cry a little when it hits me that i won't.  What an amazing person, friend, dad, husband, the list goes on.  One of my favorite memories with Adam is when he and Megan invited me for a trip to the Oceano Sand Dunes for a day of fun.  We loaded up into his plane and he flew us up there, which is crazy and amazing because i don't know anyone else who is a pilot and i' had never flown in a single prop plane.  Got there and the "airport" was walking distance to the ATV rental spot.  Rented some ATVs, rode all over the dunes for they day, which was another crazy and amazing experience in the same day because it was a free for all with ATVs, trucks, dirtbikes, dunebuggies, all of it.  I'd never done something like that, whereas it seemed business as usual to Adam.  At the end of they day, flew back home, and that was that.  How lucky am I to have a day like that with two of my favorite people on this planet.  More recently Kyli and I were lucky enough to have Megan, Adam and the kids over to hang and play some tennis at our HOA tennis court a few times.  Teaching Zee some tennis skills for a bit, then just playing some tennis with Adam and having fun and talking about life as we played.  I hadn't played tennis since i was a kid and it was so fun getting to hit the ball back and forth with Adam and spend time with him and the family.  I am so lucky, fortunate, and grateful to have known Adam.

I miss you Adam.  

My deepest and sincere condolences to the entire Ray Family .

Doug Irvine