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Hairy Adventures, Part VII
Jonah’s well-wishers will be happy to hear: he cleaned up, just in time for Papa’s 80th birthday tomorrow. Praise be. So in review, here, at a glance… The Gap Year, In Hair: Zambia Malawi South Africa Miami Ecuador Peru Chile … Continue reading
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Tagged family gap year, family travel, hair, hairy adventures, Midlife crisis, round the world, RTW
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Hairy Adventures, Part VI
He’s back from camp… It’s rare, that I’m speechless.
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Tagged family gap year, family travel, hair, hairy adventures, Midlife crisis, round the world, RTW
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Connecting the Dots: Seeing Signs
I’m spending a lot of time going through pictures these days. It’s fun to see how the dots connect across continents. And my personal favorite…
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Tagged family gap year, family travel, round the world, RTW, signs
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Top 5 Lessons Learned About Extended Travel
Carrying on with the Top 5 Lists: Over the last few days, Tom and I have had several conversations with people interested in our trip in which we have attempted to distill the highlights. It’s hard. “Of all the places … Continue reading
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Tagged family gap year, family travel, re-entry, round the world, RTW, Top 5 Lists
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Post Partum
The kids are gone. Emma is in Washington; Jonah is at camp in Maine; Stella is at camp in New Hampshire. For months during our travels, we were in so-close physical proximity. Many mornings I would wake up, and before … Continue reading
Posted in Re-entry
Tagged contemplative mode, family gap year, family travel, Once in a Lifetime, re-entry, round the world, RTW, Sabbath, Talking Heads
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Can’t believe my son missed out on…
Bokdrol Spoek Competition. I’m working assiduously now on organizing pictures and putting them into photo books (I am, um, up to Zambia thus far), and, wanting to confirm my identification of a particular photo, I googled “image + impala poop.” (Yes, … Continue reading
… and we’re back.
The house, needless to say, is a wreck. But the garden is looking better than I feared. Particularly if I squint, and don’t see the weeds. And it was nice to get back to my own pots and pans. I’m … Continue reading
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Tagged family gap year, family travel, re-entry, round the world, RTW
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Last leg…
… We put Jonah on the bus up to camp… … and Stella decided to take out the braids: Tomorrow we’ll make it all the way home. Hope the house is still standing.
Top 5 Lists, continued a little further…
Continuing on with the Top 5 lists… Best New Habitats: Bush in South Luangwa, Zambia Rainforests in Peruvian and Ecuadorian Amazon Volcanic islands in Galapagos, Ecuador Karoo Desert in South Africa Sand Forest in Fraser Island, Australia Top Quotes: Tom: … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill Bryson, family gap year, family travel, round the world, RTW, Top 5 Lists, Waltzing Matilda
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En Route to Nowhere…
It seemed fitting, that on our last day in Alaska… … we took the ferry that services the spot where the infamous Bridge to Nowhere was meant to go. Once we got to the airport, we were amused to … Continue reading
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Tagged Alaska, bridge to nowhere, family gap year, family travel, round the world, RTW
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