Beginnings and Endings

This week has been one filled with endings.  The fun of dreaming about our trip has passed, the real trip is almost here.  That feeling when saying goodbye... a shocking reminder of how much we will miss.  

Goodbyes of the week have included:  Friends.  School.  Work.  With every farewell I feel compelled to explain, justify or make sense out of what we're doing.  The real truth is Josh and I just woke up one day and decided to try something new.  We don't have a big script for our time abroad.  We just jumped out of bed one day with a burning fire and here we go.  

We head out next Saturday driving to visit family in Santa Fe, then Colorado Springs.  Flying from Denver to Philadelphia and then Philadelphia to London.  Once in England we will ferry to Holland to pick up our VW camper van.  The rest no tickets or script.  The five of us in a van camping around Europe and looking for a great spot to settle down for fall and school.  Here we go on the way to there...