Thursday, August 12, 2010

Are We There Yet?


We've been planning this trip for about seven years.  It's not that we are slow planners, it's more that other things came along and delayed the start of the trip.  But we're ready now, we've spent the past few weeks doing all the exhausting last-minute things to keep everything running smoothly while we are away, packing, sorting, deciding just how much yarn is too much to take with us, and why does that pesky noise keep obliterating the radio signal, and can we survive without daily, let alone hourly, internet access. 
We're down to the last last-minute items...wrapping presents for a birthday we will miss and hiding them for a surprise treasure hunt, buying postcard stamps from the actual post office because our usual postal outlet doesn't carry them, halting the mail and newspaper, working out details to pay a few bills that are not online or paperless. 
In addition, the original trip was designed for a year.  We know we can't do all of that in a few short weeks, so we are distilling the must-see places and events into something that approaches possible.  It's amazing how many books, articles, websites, maps, guides, and word-of-mouth tales go into planning a trip.  All the while, we keep reminding outselves this is just ONE trip, not the trip-of-a-lifetime, and what we miss this time through, we can always go back and see it later.
So, no, we're not there yet.  But we're getting there.

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