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Month: March 2016

THE PURSUIT OF ADVENTURE | FIRST WEEK – Florida and San Diego

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Well we have certainly gotten off to a slow start on this trip!  And that’s just fine by me.  One of my goals for this adventure is to slow down and take my time and enjoy the present without worrying about what the future holds – whether that’s two days into the future or two years into the future.  And so after a couple of days in Big Sur, we headed south to San Diego, where some of our favorite friends live.  We dropped the camper in front of their home in Cardiff, headed for a late night dinner at Pizza Port in Solana Beach, and the next day we were off to Florida for a few days.  Our nephew was being baptized, and conveniently we are temporarily retired and so we have all the time in the world to head back to the East Coast for such a momentous life event as a baptism!  Ryan and I have always said that no matter where in the world we live, we will make it a point to not miss the important family events, and that includes the time that we are on this road trip.    

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Ah, sunny Florida

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THE PURSUIT OF HAPPY | A CAMPING-THEMED SEND OFF

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MAY THE WIND UNDER YOUR WINGS BEAR YOU WHERE THE SUN SAILS AND THE MOON WALKS.  – Tolkien

We had the most amazing send off for our big road trip a couple of Saturdays ago.  My parents flew in from Florida and co-hosted a camping- and fishing-themed send off for us with our neighbor besties Eric and Liz.  It was the perfect way to embark on this great adventure and reminded us how lucky we are to have such a wonderful community in San Francisco.

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THE PURSUIT OF ADVENTURE | BIG SUR BIRTHDAY

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Home Sweet Home

Well it’s official, we are off on the grand adventure.  On Tuesday, we moved out of our apartment, took the final boxes and Ryan’s road bike to the storage unit, said farewell to a few friends who wanted to send us off, and we drove out of San Francisco.  Not before stopping at Comcast to return our modem of course.  No matter how romantic I’d like to make this trip, there are the practicalities of life to deal with.  Like dropping off the modem.  

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