Now that we’re back, we’re trying to distill and memorialize the highlights.
In addition to trying to organize several thousand pictures into tidy photo albums, we’ve spent a good bit of time — some silly, some serious; some with all five of us convened together, some with just two or three of us reminiscing on a particular point — pulling together some particularly salient memories. The original posts are scattered throughout May – August 2013 and are conveniently convened all together here.
Top 5 Lists: The Things We Carried (Top 5 items of gear, travel foods, clothing and entertainment items we schlepped along with us)
Top 5 Lists, Continued (each of the 5 family members’ most memorable accommodation, activity, food, natural wonder, manmade wonder, animal encounter, overall moment, museum, factory tour, serious book read on the journey, and fun book read on the journey)
Top 5 Lists, Continued a Little Further (particularly memorable new habitats, classic quotes, Pollyanna in Hell weather commentary, worst jokes, and soundtracks that will forever evoke the year for us)
Top 5 Lessons Learned About Extended Travel (semi-serious insights from only marginally serious people)
Family Gap Year 