A Place to Call Home

We spent the past four months exploring the world as well as discovering things about ourselves and each other. It was a trip filled with contrasts and also a trip to teach us balance. Over 123 days, we took 27 flights and visited 10 countries. We experienced sunrises and sunsets in both hemispheres. We sunbathed on beaches and froze on mountain tops. We shared joyous hellos with family and friends across the globe, but with the hellos came tearful and hard good-byes. We literally ate and drank our way through countries, sampling all the good food, wine and beer that was indigenous to the areas (and have the weight to prove it). There were times when we shared a twin bottom bunk of a bed in a room with 5 other people, then there were other times when we had a king size bed in a 5 star hotel to ourselves. Transportation ranged from planes, boats, trains, cars, buses, RV's, tuk tuks, our own feet, bicycles, skis, snowboards, horses, and even elephants. We spent time in the cold and warm weather, next to oceans, lakes, rivers, bush, country side, and big cities. We discovered new hobbies and perfected old ones. Most importantly, we did it all together.

The holiday may have ended but the adventure continues as we start a new chapter in our lives in beautiful Bend, Oregon. We picked up everything we owned and without ever visiting the area before, relocated without jobs or friends. In our first two weeks here, we found a place to live, have met people and are working on finding permanent jobs. We have enjoyed the outdoors the area boasts as well as the many weekend festivals the small town offers. Already we have experienced our first dusting of snow. After all of our journeys, we truly feel that we have found home and a place to set our roots.