Long Gone is HOME

Well.....it's been a WONDERFUL year indeed. It's bittersweet being home. We missed our friends and our families while we were away, but it's difficult being home too. The first night sleeping at home was strange for both of us without the boat's gentle rocking motion to relax us. We miss feeding our wanderlust, planning our route, the anticipation of seeing something new nearly every day. We also are back into the "real" world of realizing just how awful our economy has become, worrying about getting jobs and with land-based living, coming to grips on how to curb our spending. When we were on the boat in the Islands, there was nothing to spend money on (besides food of course)! No malls, no large supersized grocery stores, no fast food Burger King's around every corner, no fuel for our automobiles, no delivery of Dominoes Pizza! It was an idyllic life indeed and we are going to miss it, but we feel so grateful for this year. Not many folks get to realize their dreams and we did....and it was better than we had hoped! Thanks to all of you that wrote to say that they enjoyed this blog. I had a wonderful time sharing our adventure with you.