As you may know, Rick and I set out in October 2009 for our “Great Adventure”…i.e. nearly one year of travelling most of North America in our 40 foot motor coach that we fondly call Gigantor. It was the most extraordinary of times and we are so grateful to have had the opportunity to indulge in “chasing the sun for as long as it’s fun”.
We crossed many things off our bucket list….The Rose Bowl Parade, The Grand Canyon and Napa Valley were at the top… and visited so many jaw-droppingly beautiful places, it’s quite impossible to tightly sum it up.
We travelled over 20,000 miles in coach and car. We meandered the entire coastline from North Carolina to Whistler, British Columbia and developed an obsessive behavior of collecting far too many shells. Rick jumped feet first into surf and deep-sea fishing. We got to visit so many dear friends along the way. Played great golf courses, ate in some terrific restaurants, went to cooking school in New Orleans, gazed at the stars and watched sunrises and sunsets from coast to coast. Spent the winter in the California, Arizona and Nevada deserts and Rick helped build two Habitat for Humanity homes in Las Vegas. We carped the Diem, as they say, and it was extraordinary. The archives on the right side of this blog will lead to the in-details.
Kelly, Chip and Ian moved to Newport, RI in August where Chip is working at the Naval War College. Kelly is again diving into volunteer work and Ian is getting settled in fifth grade which is middle school there. One of the highlights of our trip was when they came to visit us in San Diego and we did all the fun kid-things there. We also got to visit with Rick’s son, Matt, as we travelled through Spokane.
Now, our next great adventure is searching for a new home somewhere a little warmer than the northeast. We’ve been at it for almost two months now….thought it would be easier than this, but supposedly the joy is the journey!
We hope we’ll be sending new address cards out soon. May you have the happiest of holidays and joy and peace in the New Year. Merry Christmas.
