Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Mike and Joanie's 20th Wedding Anniversary

Today is our 20th wedding anniversary and we are sitting on the couch in our cozy living room working on details of this amazing upcoming trip. It truly seems like just yesterday that we were setting out on our honeymoon to Nepal.  It was Mike and I's first trip to a third world country and it was incredibly enlightening.  Let me just say that 20 years later I still say a little prayer of thanks in the middle of the night for indoor plumbing.  I continue to marvel at how fortunate we have been to share so many world adventures.  We feel that world travel has helped us become more aware and compassionate citizens of the world.  We would like to foster these attributes in our children.
We leave December 3rd out of Portland, Oregon on our first leg of the journey to Hawai'i.  I can't believe that we have only two months left before our departure and there seems to be so many tasks yet undone.  Today's task is setting up this blog for our friends and relatives to follow us on this adventure.  I am hopeful that it will prove an enjoyable aspect for both the writer and the reader.