I don't know how to start this...it's been so long!  I guess "hi!" would be nice.  I'm probably just talking to myself at this point, but that's ok...hi self ;).  I started this blog a few years ago with the main purpose of just recording our travels and all the turns our lives have taken for our kids to one day look back on.  I keep it public because I know from personal experience how helpful it can be to read real experiences from real folks when you are trying to make plans to go somewhere/do something.  At the least I hope that anyone reading this finds some (good, clean) entertainment or enjoyment. 

Having said all that...where have I been?  Where have we been? 

I have been attempting to sort out my thoughts/feelings about the most recent life turns we've experienced.  Trust me, there have been some big ones.  Not all bad, but pretty huge in my opinion.  Our location, occupation, expectation(s)...have all changed.  Life is fluid and ours has been swept up in a raging current this last while.  I do not have it all figured out and honestly don't expect to, but I have made peace with it.  And really, isn't that the more important thing? 

To answer where we have physically been...that's going to take some time (and lots of pictures, cause ya'll know I love me some pictures!).  This last year has taken us from the Canadian border to the Mexican border...from the sandy shores of the Atlantic Ocean, to the cliffs along the Pacific Ocean, to the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico...we've climbed mountains and sailed across the sea...spent time in the desert southwest and enjoyed some Cajun hospitality down the bayou.  We traveled more that 50,000 miles by land and several thousand more by sea...two new states and three new countries... 

While my voice on here has been silent, my life has been quite the opposite.  I have so much to try and get down on here while the details are still sharp in my mind.  We are in a quiet place right now (in our new RV, ahem, yes...we are living fulltime in an RV again...one of those big turns), so I should have some time to catch up. 

Next post I will pick back up where I left off all those months ago...