2011: Since returning home from the year of travel that was 2009, we spent 2010 struggling to strike a balance between establishing roots and entertaining urges to uproot. We think that a month in Nicaragua will be nothing, if not good for the soul.
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2009: A year of volunteering and seeking adventure around the world.
The idea is simple enough and just feels right.
Maybe there was something in the spring air that day, or maybe we were under the influence of having had our eyes opened to a new reality last year on our visit to Africa, or maybe we had just grown restless, but we decided to leave our jobs, sell our house, and go out and see the world. Really see the world.
Whenever I encounter something particularly difficult, no matter how trivial, say rain on a long run day or an impossible climb on a mountain bike trail, Troy says to me, "it's just testin' your moxy nic", to which my conditioned response has become "hey (insert obstacle here), is that all you got??!". Well, we have decided to step out of our comfort zone, test our moxy and ask the world, no matter what obstacles we face along the way, Hey World, is that all you got? We will, in turn, find out what we've got.
Our Journey
2011: Four weeks in Nicaragua, May 3-31.
2009: I hesitate to use the word 'itinerary' as I know that we are going to have to go with the flow and be extremely flexible. I can already here my sister's voice reminding me, as she has a million times in the past, "Nicole, there is Plan A, and then there's what really happens!"
In reality, there was Plan A...and then there was Plan B...
LOVE THE BIRTHDAY SUIT!!!
ReplyDeleteHad to go full-screen on this one. Nice camera-work, Nic.
ReplyDeleteDoh. . I needed some warning before opening that one. My wife doesn't let me visit sites like that. . .
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday. . glad you made it a gooder.
- Tim
I wanted to say "Is that all you got?", but I guess I will simply say "That's a pretty white butt you got there."
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday!
MM, is that "pretty" white butt or "pretty white" butt?
ReplyDelete...pretty, pretty white butt?
ReplyDeleteHAPPY BIRTHDAY TROY...Makeba liked the photo!
ReplyDeleteT-Box,
ReplyDeleteSorry I missed your call the other week. I was actually in Mexico at the time, you should have swung by for a visit.
Ps. Your ass photo made me throw up in my mouth.
Much love,
RC