Judging from the avalanche of supportive calls, texts and comments my last post generated, I must have sounded alarmingly blue! In truth I was feeling pretty glum and am so grateful for the collective pick-me-up you all sent. Physician friends emailed to see if we needed a...
You know the rest of the saying…when it rains, it pours. Or perhaps it would be more apt to say when it snows, hunker down for a blizzard. I was planning to write an Ava medical update today, instead I probably need a little space for a rant. Or as my dear friend Mary used to say, I...
All publications, even excellent ones, are forced to publish the occasional correction or clarification. According to Ava, my article yesterday requires multiple corrections and clarifications. Here is the story, retold in Ava’s own words: Whoa, Whoa, Whoa. It’s not like I...
This trip has been amazing, maybe too amazing. It was probably time for Murphy’s Law to catch up with us. Unfortunately, Murphy arrived in the form of Ava skiing into a tree in Big Sky, Montana. Short story: nothing irreparable, we are very lucky; a broken patella (kneecap), broken...
Merry Christmas! Just a brief note to wish all of our “subscribers” a very Merry Christmas. We have been blessed in 2019 to take this trip and to have our friends and family – and folks we don’t even know – cheer us on. Especially blessed to spend Christmas on the Pacific Ocean with...
When I sat down to write this a few days ago, it was my birthday. Due to vagaries of timing on this trip, I celebrated in a wonderful place called Death Valley National Park. Not sure how auspicious this is, especially since we had to cross over the Funeral Mountains to get here…. And...
Spanish first, English translation below Hola! Hoy estamos en Santa Fe New Mexico. La primer dia nosotros no hizo mucha pero fue a La Choza para la cena. Pero tiene una espera de una hora y medio. Nosotros tengo mucho hambre entonces compra chips y guacamole. Yo conseguir una burrito de...
It’s officially half-time. We have been on the road for 5 ½ months, halfway through an 11-month journey. I started this journey full of ambition. Ambition to reach a goal, ambition to do something big and something a little bit scary. Choosing not to work, choosing to leave a...
Thanksgiving is hands-down my favorite holiday. A day for giving thanks. Gratitude for the abundance I have been blessed with. A day for food and friends and family. We celebrate this Thanksgiving with our dear friends the Swygerts in Nashville. I am grateful...
We spent the past week in the Virginias, effectively marking the end of the first half of our trip. It’s hard to believe but November 26 marks 5 months on the road! In 5 months, we have travelled 14,778 miles and have seen all states north of the 37th parallel. We have a couple of...